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What is the most rewarding part of being a parent?

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David Oyelowo Actor, director and producer
Being a father teaches you very quickly that you are not the center of your own universe. That’s one of the gifts of having to wipe poop!
Recorded The Talks, 25 February 2015 source ↗
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
My daughters are something, and they just surprise and enchant and impress me more and more every single day as they grow up. And so these days, when we talk, we talk as parent to child, but also we learn from them.
Recorded Christi Parsons, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the White House, The White House (Obama administration archive), 18 January 2017 source ↗
Alan Titchmarsh Gardener and broadcaster
Having a family can be a rude awakening for some people but it wasn't like that for me. I've absolutely loved it and I still do. I've got two daughters, Polly and Camilla, in their late 20s now. You get these people who say, "Wait for the terrible twos," and, yes, they've had the odd flounce, but they've got increasingly joyful to be around. My wife Alice and I are very close to them and value their company hugely.
Recorded Nick McGrath, My family values, The Guardian, 5 March 2010 source ↗

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Question What is the best advice you have ever received? Time & hindsight
Harold Prince went to see it and he wrote me a letter saying don’t be discouraged about this because actually there’s some quite good songs in here. But he also said something which stayed with me all my life, which is that you can’t listen to a musical if you can’t look at it, by which he was actually saying that the designs for Jeeves were absolutely hideous.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, New York City, 13 September 2019 source ↗

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