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"Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of."

"Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Children, Immortality

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"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

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"He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake."

"He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake."

Stephen King, American Author

Children, Happiness, Love, Today

40

"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

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"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves."

"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

Children, Glory, Parenthood, Parents

39

"Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself."

"Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

Children, Daughters, Open, Sensibility

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"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."

"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

39

"The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious."

"The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious."

Vince Poscente, Canadian Author

39

"I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in."

"I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in."

Jesse Eisenberg, American Actor

Children, School, Theater

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"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up."

"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Children, First, Months, Talk

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"Children always turn to the light."

"Children always turn to the light."

David Hare, English Playwright

Children, Light

39

"I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year."

"I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year."

David Friedman, American Actor

Children, University

39

"Gwen and I have four children and ten grandchildren."

"Gwen and I have four children and ten grandchildren."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman

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"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings."

"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Children, Dancing, Weddings

39

"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

39

"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."

"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."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

Children, Commitment, Country, Projects

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"If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are and that's probably what they will become."

"If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are and that's probably what they will become."

Louise Hart, American Psychologist

39

"I always knew I wanted to have children."

"I always knew I wanted to have children."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

39

"Having children with someone is the real bond."

"Having children with someone is the real bond."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

39

"Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!"

"Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!"

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

Children, Worry

39

"About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia."

"About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia."

Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist

Children, Parents, Russia, states

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"I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary."

"I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary."

Victor Borge, American Musician

Children, Parents

38

"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."

"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."

David Friedman, American Actor

Children, Force, Nations, Poor

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"Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are."

"Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

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"Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished."

"Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished."

Alexis Korner, English Musician

38

"Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected."

"Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

38

"The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today."

"The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

Children, Measure, Problems, Solution

38

"The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers."

"The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers."

Ella R. Bloor, American Political Activist

Children, Class, Mothers, Nothing

38

"In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children."

"In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Children, Decency, Needs, Public

38

"If you mess up your children, nothing else you do really matters."

"If you mess up your children, nothing else you do really matters."

Jacqueline Onassis, American First Lady

Children, Nothing

38

"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

38

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children."

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

38

"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

38

"I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in."

"I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

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"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

38

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

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

Julie Christie, British Actress

38

"I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children."

"I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

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"I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without."

"I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Children, Conversation, Pen, Public

37

"No one can compare us to the apartheid regime. It's not like in South Africa between the blacks and the whites who belong to the same nation, or in Berlin where you find parents living on the eastern side and their children in the western side."

"No one can compare us to the apartheid regime. It's not like in South Africa between the blacks and the whites who belong to the same nation, or in Berlin where you find parents living on the eastern side and their children in the western side."

Silvan Shalom, Israeli Politician

Children, Living, Nation, Parents

37

"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

37

"Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account."

"Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist

Children, Kids, Needs, Parents

37

"Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child."

"Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child."

Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian Composer

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"I'm a married man and I've got two children, and you have to do sacrifices."

"I'm a married man and I've got two children, and you have to do sacrifices."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

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"When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child."

"When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

Children, Weakness

37

"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."

"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

Children, Doubt, Teaching, Tragedy

37

"We've already recognized that it is absolutely essential for British children to learn other languages and we will be working hard to put further strategies in place to ensure this."

"We've already recognized that it is absolutely essential for British children to learn other languages and we will be working hard to put further strategies in place to ensure this."

John Whitehead, American Banker

37

"And then I have two children by Theresa, one boy 10 and one girl 13."

"And then I have two children by Theresa, one boy 10 and one girl 13."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

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"I have four children and I have seven grandkids."

"I have four children and I have seven grandkids."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

36

"These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them. I just tried to help them stand up."

"These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them. I just tried to help them stand up."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

36

"Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs."

"Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

Children, Rebellion, Sons

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