Quotes About Family

I never wanted to impress anyone nor had to complete my education just so that my parents could allow me to pursue music.

I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.

If my children want to pursue their dreams, I will always support them.

There was absolutely no pressure from the family. It was my choice to pursue a career in music. I always wanted to do music, which has been close to heart. In fact, I was dead sure about it.

My mum put herself in £50,000 of debt to service my sporting career. She did everything for me to pursue my dream.

I have a very flexible and easy schedule that affords me a wonderful lifestyle in Los Angeles. I'm able to be a very present mother, able to pursue other projects.

My father was a big influence. He kept telling me to pursue football, always. He always encouraged me and my brother.

I always wanted to be a chef. Flavors and food were always of interest to me, but it was how those things brought friends and family together to celebrate not only the special occasions but everyday life. It has been a blessing that I have been able to pursue a career that creates a product that brings people together.

I started dancing at the age of three in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and it really was my sister's dream to pursue dance professionally.

I'm lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue the electric guitar in earnest, it was OK. My parents knew I was going to go for it.

I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.

I had to take a decision. Do I pursue dance, my passion, or help my mother out? The movies beckoned.

My family was bothered because I was a graduate but didn't pursue a job. I used to spend the entire day doing theatre, and at that time, there was no money in theatre.

It took a thing like my father's death to make me decide that I actually wanted to pursue drumming.

Given that Chiru also comes from a family which is closely associated with the film industry, I know I will get more support from them to pursue my acting career. I won't stop acting. As long as we live, we will continue to act in films.

My parents have always wanted me to pursue a dignified career.

Mom wanted to pursue dancing further but she could not, so I think she channelled it through me.

My grandmother passed away before I could get to know her. She had an interest in films and writing. She wrote two novels under a pen name and encouraged women around her to pursue their dreams. So my family decided to start a school in her memory.

Two of my grandfathers had been artists, lifelong oil painters, so I was exposed to art very young. I've always been interested in it, although I never pursued it as a career or even as an avocation.

I never wanted to be singer. People in my family love music, and I pursued it as a hobby.

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

No one pursued music professionally in my family but they are all music lovers.

In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.

I'd like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair.