#upbringing

On ne naît pas femme: on le devient. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#birth #education #gender #gender-realization #upbringing

Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#behaviour #belief-systems #child-development #conditioning #education-system

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#heritage #identity #upbringing #life

Everything depends on upbringing. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#upbringing #parenting

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#else #good #means #notice #sauce

On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#been #conflict #constantly #family #family life

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#both #dad #even #great #guidance

I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#being #dad #go #goes #great

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#legitimate #made #me #music #real

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#done #i #me #more #myself