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Dennis Potter

"Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures."

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"Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures."

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"I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere."

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"I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school."

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"As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us."

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"I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children."

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"Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can."

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"Children always turn to the light."

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"I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS."

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