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I'm thankful my parents obliged me to live with the unvarnished truth: I might not have been a looker, but I was a better speller than the prettiest girl in my class, and I was funnier, too.

— Laurie Graham

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In my case, my mother had to be my mother and father, so I am thankful to her.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

— Rachel Roy

I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.

— Patricia McBride

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.

— Tina Fey

My parents were really nice to me.

— Bryan Callen

I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.

— Shakira

When my sister Joan arrived, I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvellous friend she's been, I'm so glad my parents didn't take me at my word.

— Maeve Binchy

When my parents separated, I was very grateful.

— Christopher Durang

Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards.

— Nancy Gibbs

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.

— James Earl Jones