"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."

Family, Children, Dying, Will

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"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

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"And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

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"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

Stephen King, American Author

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"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"There is only one mother in this world who is the best one, the one that every kid has got."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

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"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport."

Success

"The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates."

People

"Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel."

Time

"I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming."

Leisure

"There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects."

Work

"The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better."

People

"Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions."

Emotional

"There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes."

Nation

"You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives."

People

"What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here."

Improvement