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Sienna Miller quote: "My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us..."
My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative. Sienna Miller
Mitch Miller quote: "The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't."
The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't. Mitch Miller
Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income. Joe Miller
The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. Alice Miller
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. Alice Miller
If you have parents with a healthy relationship, you don't learn that you don't have to be married. I thought being a healthy adult meant you had to have a spouse. I didn't know any different. Alyssa Milano
James Merrill quote: "Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and..."
Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication. James Merrill
I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33? Ethel Merman
Toffee Crisp was my downfall. I once ate five at a sitting. Do you really need that third helping, Harry? My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin. Harry Melling
I love my parents very much, but people either continue or break the patterns of what their life should be and I just want to completely break whatever patterns would lead me to the same life choices that they made. Leighton Meester
Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. Simon van der Meer
Jayne Meadows quote: "I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries."
I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries. Jayne Meadows
Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray. James Meade
As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. Margaret Mead
Mignon McLaughlin quote: "Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being..."
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. Mignon McLaughlin

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