"The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert."
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"We don't know the end from the beginning the way that God does. So when a child dies, sure that is incredibly difficult, and when you are the parent, there is almost nothing anybody can say to you that makes any sense."
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"Happiness is not like we were walking around fingering razor blades or anything like that. But it just sort of seems as if - we sort of knew how happy our parents were, and we would compare our lives with our parents and see that, at least on the surface or according to the criteria that the culture lays down for a successful, happy life, we were actually doing better than a lot of them were."
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"Any time your parent says they party with you, that is its own form of child abuse."
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"My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be."
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"Parents, you know, can be terrible."
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"Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children."
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"My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl."
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"My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish."
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"Fortunately, both my parents, especially my mom, have guided me, and been amazing at handling my career and my finances. They taught me not to buy what I don't need, when I'm not working that much."
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"Yet the only reason you believe that you were born is that your parents saw you emerge from the womb. They thought they witnessed the moment when you began to exist, so they spread the rumor that you had been born." Savitri was astonished. . ."
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"By not paying attention to your body, you are putting it in the same predicament as a neglected child. How can a child be expected to develop normally if the parents pay no attention, if they ignore its cries for help, and remain indifferent to whether their child is happy or unhappy?"
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"We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning."
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"Try not to worry what your parents think - try to help them see that you do live by the values that they taught you."
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"My parents are deeply pious Hindus."
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"My parents were part of the Christian Family Movement, where we would have Masses said in our home and rotate with other families. I recall priests coming to our home and saying Mass in our living room. Catholicism was really woven through so much."
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"A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family."
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"The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever."
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"One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next."
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"I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!"
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