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"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

"The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?"

"The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?"

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Children, Inheritance, Nations, Race

4

"I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch."

"I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Children, Nothing, Programming, Want

4

"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

4

"Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in."

"Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

Children, Christmas, Politicians

4

"I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring."

"I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

3

"Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it's the hardest thing to share them. But we're trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives."

"Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it's the hardest thing to share them. But we're trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Children, Trying

3

"I have a very open line of communication with both my children."

"I have a very open line of communication with both my children."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Children, Communication, Open

3

"It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore."

"It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Children, Example, World

3

"I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids."

"I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

3

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

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

Kent McCord, American Actor

Children, Example

3

"You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship."

"You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Children, Support

3

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

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

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

3

"It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons."

"It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons."

Sadie Frost, English Actress

Children, Wrong

3

"Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man."

"Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man."

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

Children, Magic, Man, Now

3

"I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place."

"I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place."

Laurel Lee, American Author

Children, Giving, Privilege, Want

3

"Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch."

"Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

Children, Fault, Parents

3

"We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet."

"We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

Children, Now, Schools, Yesterday

3

"I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic."

"I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

3

"A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one."

"A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one."

T. Berry Brazelton, American Pediatrician

3

"If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough."

"If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough."

Eric Braeden, American Actor

Children, Trying

3

"Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework."

"Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework."

Lawrence Kutner, American Psychologist

Children, Classroom, Content

3

"I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything."

"I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Children, Choice, Doctors, Envy

3

"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder."

"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder."

Eberhard Arnold, German Theologian

Children, Eyes, Wonder

3

"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

3

"I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children."

"I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Children, Years

3

"If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world."

"If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world."

Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

Children, May, World

3

"After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind."

"After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

Children, Day, End, Mind

3

"Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error."

"Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

Children, Error

3

"If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you."

"If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you."

Dick Cavett, American Entertainer

Children, Parents, Will

3

"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

3

"Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio."

"Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio."

Melinda Gates, American Clergyman

3

"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children."

"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Children, Fathers, Man, World

3

"We believe that more than 4 percent of the children in this country suffer ADHD... We want to know how to better identify and refer children for treatment."

"We believe that more than 4 percent of the children in this country suffer ADHD... We want to know how to better identify and refer children for treatment."

David Satcher, American Surgeon General

Children, Country, Treatment, Want

3

"The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me."

"The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

3

"To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare."

"To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

3

"I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way."

"I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Children, Rights, Support, Welfare

3

"There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial."

"There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial."

Johnny Ball, British Entertainer

3

"Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here."

"Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

3

"I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency."

"I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency."

Anatoly Karpov, Russian Celebrity

Children, Projects, Results, Victims

3

"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

3

"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again."

"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

3

"Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate."

"Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Children, Environment, Fact, Kids

3

"Children enhance you."

"Children enhance you."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

3

"My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful."

"My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful."

Treat Williams, American Actor

Children, Longing

3

"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them."

"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

3

"I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated."

"I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated."

Deidre Hall, American Actress

Children, World

3

"I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own."

"I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own."

Adele Faber, American Author

Children, Problems

3

"The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population."

"The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population."

Susan Oliver, American Actress

Children, Population

3

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