A Quote by Samira Wiley
I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.
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We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.
My parents are very comfortable with the way that I am, and I think they've always been. Without that, I don't think that I would have ever have been able to grow into the person that I am today. I never felt like I was hiding anything from them.
My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.
We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer.
I was raised the right way, my parents did a great job, I owe them everything. Without them, I'm not the man I am today.
In case you're wondering, the underside of a sheep doesn't smell that great. Imagine a winter sweater that's been dragged through the mud and left in the laundry hamper for a week. Something like that.
Today I am discovering who I am. Today I am becoming my person, worthy of developing all of me. Today I am beginning to know that I am okay the way I am.
Without my parents and their love and support in my life, I would not be who I am or where I am today.
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
Both my parents ran small businesses and it undoubtedly made me the person I am today because I've only ever known them work incredibly hard.
My parents have been my biggest support. Had it not been for them, I would have not been able to be the confident and fearless person that I am today.
Beauty draws the seer towards the person seen; it invites them to know and have confidence in that person even without knowing the person intimately.
At a certain age your parents seem like the most embarrassing thing on the whole entire planet, and you want to be nowhere near them. But at the end of the day, you know that you can't literally do anything without them. You love your parents through and through, and they love you probably even more than you could ever imagine until you're a parent yourself.
I really want the chance to thank my parents for what they have done, because without their support, I wouldn't be where I am today.
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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