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My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma.

Franz Boas

German-American anthropologist

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children’s lives.

Kenny Guinn

American politician; 27th Governor of Nevada (1936-2010)

My parents couldn’t afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

Christopher Parker

English actor

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Jim DeMint

United States Senator from South Carolina

While I’ve lived in L.A. since 1985, I’ll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I’m able.

Douglas Wood

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of.

Amy Tan

American novelist

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children.

Mark Kennedy

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

Woody Allen

When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same.

Henry Winkler

American actor

Both of my parents were musicians.

Bryan White

American country music artist

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