Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

The most valuable blacks are those in prison, those who have the warrior spirit, who had a sense of being African. They got for their women and children what they needed when all other avenues were closed to them. ”

We were what you would call a poor family, but we were rich in so many things. We did family things together. We always had dessert, even if it was just Jell-O. So, I never knew I was poor. ”

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. ”

I feel very French and I need my life here; I need all my friends and family. ”

In certain environments young adults can't choose their lives because of family pressure. In the bourgeoisie there is still a sense you will marry within that milieu. ”

When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality. ”

My father was an Episcopal minister, and for 14 years my family lived in China, in a city called Wuchang. We four children spoke Chinese before we spoke English. We left when the communists came, in the early 1930s. I was about 5 years old. ”

I back people who I think will be seeking help and advice. These are the best entrepreneurs. ”

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II. ”

I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater at age nine in Fresno, California, and went to a performing arts high school. That was my life. ”