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"Once a baby is born, the parents have around one and a half decades to build his or her character and fill the mind with vigour and virtues."

"Tiffany jumped when she saw a balloon sail up above the trees, catch the wind, and swoop away, but it turned out to be just a balloon and not a lump of excess Brian. She could tell this because it was followed by a long scream of rage mixed with a roar of complaint: "AAaargwannawannaaaagongongonaargggaaaaBLOON! which is the traditional sound of a very small child learning that with balloons, as with life itself, it is important to know when not to let go of the string. The whole point of balloons is to teach small children this."

"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."

"Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer."

"Teach the children compassion and empathy, for all creatures are born selfish."
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"I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really."

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

"First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress."

"Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him."

"The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another."

"The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any."
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