"As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people."

People, Children, Job

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"As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people."

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"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."

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"Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books."

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