I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a... →
Eugene H. Peterson
I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.
Per Petterson
I come from a working-class family. They're the people I know and the people I love, I guess. I do not write about them for political reasons... →
I do consider myself a Norwegian writer, or a Scandinavian writer, as my family tree reaches into both Denmark and Sweden. I don't think about... →
To say that a family is happy I think is to diminish it, taking out what is interesting. Growing up, I don't think my family was any happier or... →
I probably would like to do more than I do, because I love working, but I can't work more than I work because I have to do some facetime with the... →
Michelle Pfeiffer
It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.
Liz Phair
I'm known for impressions and family stories.
Jay Pharoah
It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to... →
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them... →
Jeanne Phillips