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"Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible."

"Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

5

"I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children."

"I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

5

"And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done."

"And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done."

William Devane, American Actor

Children, Reading

5

"We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese."

"We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese."

Jeanne Kohl Welles, American Politician

Children, School

5

"We children learned responsibility automatically."

"We children learned responsibility automatically."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Children, Responsibility

5

"I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now."

"I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now."

Ned Beatty, American Actor

Children, Now, Talking

5

"Good mothers know that their relationship with each of their children is like a movable feast, constantly changing and evolving."

"Good mothers know that their relationship with each of their children is like a movable feast, constantly changing and evolving."

Sue Woodman, British Author

Children, Mothers

5

"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be."

"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be."

Fred G. Gosman, American Author

Children, Disappointment, Disappointments, Future

5

"Our children were trained to look after each other."

"Our children were trained to look after each other."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

5

"I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me."

"I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

5

"The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them look like droopy-eyed armless children."

"The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them look like droopy-eyed armless children."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

5

"Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why."

"Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why."

Bill Bixby, American Actor

Children, Network, Parents, President

5

"If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good."

"If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Children, Drinks, Drugs, Want

5

"For Children: You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an important one. Friday comes at the end of the week, whereas a fried egg comes out of a chicken. Like most things, of course, it isn't quite that simple. The fried egg isn't properly a fried egg until it's been put in a frying pan and fried. This is something you wouldn't do to a Friday, of course, though you might do it on a Friday. You can also fry eggs on a Thursday, if you like, or on a cooker. It's all rather complicated, but it makes a kind of sense if you think about it for a while."

"For Children: You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an important one. Friday comes at the end of the week, whereas a fried egg comes out of a chicken. Like most things, of course, it isn't quite that simple. The fried egg isn't properly a fried egg until it's been put in a frying pan and fried. This is something you wouldn't do to a Friday, of course, though you might do it on a Friday. You can also fry eggs on a Thursday, if you like, or on a cooker. It's all rather complicated, but it makes a kind of sense if you think about it for a while."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Children, Learning, Humor, Language

5

"Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday."

"Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday."

Faith Hill, American Musician

Children, Kids, Want

4

"Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children."

"Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

Children, Waste

4

"I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children."

"I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Children, College, Hair

4

"Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain."

"Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain."

Martin Mull, American Actor

4

"Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh."

"Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh."

Leonard Cohen, Canadian Musician

Children, Lovers, Secrets, Word

4

"The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so."

"The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so."

Ursula K. LeGuin, American Author

Children, Revolution

4

"There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child."

"There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Children, Present

4

"Our children's children will hear a good story."

"Our children's children will hear a good story."

Richard Adams, English Clergyman

4

"Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children."

"Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children."

Patrick Buchanan, American Political Commentator

Children, Evolution, Parents, Right

4

"Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!"

"Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!"

Antoinette Perry, American Actress

4

"I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up."

"I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up."

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

Children, First, Man

4

"After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise."

"After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

Children, Friends, Popular, School

4

"I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it."

"I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it."

Majel Barrett, American Actress

4

"You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."

"You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."

Cate Blanchett, Australian Actress

4

"Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant."

"Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Children, Clothes, Kids, Names

4

"Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults."

"Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Children, Order, Parents, Responsibility

4

"And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years."

"And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years."

Mark Strong, English Actor

Children, Land, Years

4

"The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted."

"The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Children, Media

4

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children."

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Children, Parents

4

"Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own."

"Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own."

David Allan Coe, American Musician

4

"The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future."

"The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Children, Future, Today, World

4

"Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?"

"Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?"

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

4

"And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?"

"And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?"

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Children, Privilege

4

"Children reinvent your world for you."

"Children reinvent your world for you."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

Children, World

4

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way."

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

4

"Whatever happened to the good ole days, when children worked in factories?"

"Whatever happened to the good ole days, when children worked in factories?"

Emo Philips, American Comedian

4

"Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games."

"Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games."

Faith Hill, American Musician

Children, Football, Games, Pretty

4

"Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit."

"Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Children, Corporate, Country, First

4

"Look Beyond Motherhood and Parenting, Focus on the uniqueness of every Child."

"Look Beyond Motherhood and Parenting, Focus on the uniqueness of every Child."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Children, Parenting, Uniqueness, Focus, Individual

4

"Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo."

"Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo."

Jacques Verges, French Lawyer

4

"If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness."

"If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Children, Forget, Kindness, May

4

"I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?"

"I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?"

Barry Williams, American Actor

Children, Politicians

4

"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."

"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Children, Mouse

4

"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other."

"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

Children, Dogs, Harm

4

"And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right."

"And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right."

Phil Collins, English Musician

Children, Right

4

"If I have no children what would be the point of living."

"If I have no children what would be the point of living."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Children, Living

4

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