Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.
When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with.
Our parents were very generous, and they always encouraged us to find something we enjoyed and really get into it.
In subsidized theater, you are encouraged to take risks. It's about being imaginative and artistic. That's the priority. It might not be a success, but let's try.
My father was into textile painting and ran a small business. He encouraged me a lot and loved seeing my plays.
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
The 4th Concept is welcomed and encouraged. In the end, it's my hope and belief that the best ideas are what will be used in these detectors.
I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman.
My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'
My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas.
I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night and day.
I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own.
Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.
Music was something I was encouraged to do, which I appeared to be quite good at, but it was never a passion. Writing was always my first love.
I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.
Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another.
There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do.
I've been very encouraged by the nature of the conversations that I've had and by the lack of questions that are tunnel-visioned in their understanding of sexuality and life and love.
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.
My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.
Everyone is so desperate to get attention for their project, they will do almost anything, and the corporate world has always encouraged this.
With a Trump administration we don't know enough yet to make predictions, but if past behavior is any indication, I am not encouraged.
The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.
As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition.
I want to pay tribute to the teachers who, during my life at school in the public education system, saw something in me and encouraged it.
I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental.
One of the things I admire most about millennials is they celebrate individualism, and their singularity is encouraged. To be different is to be cool as opposed to weird.
I think my dad's rebellion is that he's super accepting - I mean, he, like, encouraged me to drop out of university. And to do acting.
When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.
If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work.
I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
Having presented a few travel shows, I have become less lazy on holiday; it has encouraged me to go out and explore.
I was brought up in a home environment where I was taught to think critically and was encouraged to seek answers to questions about my faith.
When you look at people cooking in Britain - and Dubai, too - they're not that adventurous. They need to be encouraged somehow. And not everybody needs to be shouted at.
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.
Debate about the causes and consequences of climate change and the policy positions taken in response to it should be encouraged, not silenced.
I think I have always been a hard worker in school and in sports and everything. Growing up, my parents encouraged me to do that from day one.
My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.
Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.
The flame of inspiration needs to be encouraged. Put a glass around that small candle and protect it from discouragement or ridicule.
Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
A society in which marriage is encouraged and industry prevails soon repairs the accidental losses of pestilence and war.
I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children.
Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.
Kerala is doing well because here the kids are encouraged to compete in sports, both by parents and teachers in schools.
While looking ahead, we know challenges remain, but we are encouraged by the strategies we have in place to improve our operational efficiencies and performance.
Creativity was definitely a big part of our household, and I remember always writing stories and being encouraged to be creative.
I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.
I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done.
We have a lot to learn from the Tudor education system. It had diversity, placed rigorous demands on its students, and encouraged high achievement.
I have a body butter beauty line. I'm interested in health and wellness, and my friends encouraged me to do this. So, I made it a business.
It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race.
You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.
I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary for good government... Therefore schools and the means of educating the people should always be encouraged.
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