"The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies."

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"I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."

Ballet, Theater

"I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?"

Men, Career, Want

"I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11."

Age,

"Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it."

Comedy, Fun

"Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do."

Time,

"The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills."

Remarkable,

"The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s."

Travel, America, Queen

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"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Family, Kiss, Children

"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Family, Success, Achievement, Children, Enjoyment

"I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Barack Obama, American President

Family, Mistake, Values, Baby, Daughters

"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Family, Pleasure, Sorrow

"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."

Barack Obama, American President

Family, Faith, Success, Love, African

"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Family, Business, Character, Man

"My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable."

Diane Abbott, British Politician

Family, Mother

"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."

Dean Acheson, American Statesman

Family, Father, Example

"Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country."

John Acton, English Historian

Family, Mother, Being, Constitution, Country

"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family."

Gary Ackerman, American Politician

Family, Thought, Decision, Congress

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"I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."

"I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?"

"I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11."

"Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it."

"Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do."

"My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune."

"Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack."

"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."

"The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills."

"The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s."

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"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep."

"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

"I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."

"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

"My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable."

"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."

"Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country."

"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family."