"My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people."

Family, Mother, People, Cooking

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Children are angels."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Children are holy angels."

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"In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee."

Politics

"So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare."

Money

"I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs."

Employment

"Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated."

Family

"As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then."

Fact

"Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages."

Nation

"Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again."

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

"Children are angels."

"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."

"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."

"Children are holy angels."

Explore more quotes by David Dinkins

"In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee."

"So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare."

"I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs."

"Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated."

"As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then."

"Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages."

"There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do."

"And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation."

"I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there."

"Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again."