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"We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off."

"We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

Children, Humanity

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"If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses."

"If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

Children, School, Years

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"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!"

"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!"

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

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"I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties."

"I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Children, Fight, Potential, Public

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"I always knew I wanted to have children."

"I always knew I wanted to have children."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

2

"If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again."

"If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

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"Having children with someone is the real bond."

"Having children with someone is the real bond."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

2

"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

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"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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"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

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"The laws of this world are for children."

"The laws of this world are for children."

Frank Wedekind, German Playwright

Children, Laws, World

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"I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends."

"I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Children, HusbChildren, Friends

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"I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying."

"I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

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"We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever."

"We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

2

"I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children."

"I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children."

Lucille Ball, American Comedian

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"You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road."

"You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road."

John Deacon, British Musician

Children, Road, 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."

"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."

Joseph Priestley, English Scientist

Children, Delight, Fashion, Heaven

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"I'm the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids."

"I'm the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Children, Kids, Sisters

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"This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more."

"This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Children, Now, Parents, Wrong

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"How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children."

"How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

Children, Future, Present

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"Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children."

"Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

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"I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the networks were not and are not interested in children's television."

"I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the networks were not and are not interested in children's television."

William Jackson, American Actor

Children, Television

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"Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters."

"Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist

Children, Games, Obvious, Play

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"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

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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

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"I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school."

"I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school."

Jonathan Brandis, American Actor

Children, Disaster, End, Pretty

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"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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"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."

"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."

Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

Children, Compassion

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"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

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"Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children."

"Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children."

Brian May, English Musician

Children, Hurt, Poor

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"One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking."

"One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking."

Mary Pipher, American Psychologist

Children, Parents, Reason, Talking

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"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school."

"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Children, Night, School, Weekend

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"Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on."

"Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

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"Children always turn to the light."

"Children always turn to the light."

David Hare, English Playwright

Children, Light

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"Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?"

"Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?"

Marilyn Manson, American Musician

Children, Entertainment, Killing

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"There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all."

"There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

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"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

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"My children deserve to have the best, and now they will."

"My children deserve to have the best, and now they will."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

Children, Now, Will

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"Parents decide to accept the responsibility of raising children. Any thanks they get for doing that is gravy. Grateful children are a blessing, but they aren't a necessity."

"Parents decide to accept the responsibility of raising children. Any thanks they get for doing that is gravy. Grateful children are a blessing, but they aren't a necessity."

Donald C. Medeiros, American Director

Children, Necessity, Parents, Responsibility

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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

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"Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extended period."

"Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extended period."

John Pople, English Scientist

Children, England, Summer

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"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves."

"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves."

Ernest Dimnet, French Clergyman

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"A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children."

"A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children."

David Brenner, American Comedian

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"The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children."

"The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

Children, First, Parents

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"I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children."

"I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children."

Sting, British Musician

Children, Example, Old, Want

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"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children."

"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Children, Crime, Waste, Youth

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"The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me."

"The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me."

Kate Winslet, British Actress

Children, Kids, Want

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"It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest."

"It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

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"The hardest part of this whole ordeal is not knowing if your children are getting what they need to survive."

"The hardest part of this whole ordeal is not knowing if your children are getting what they need to survive."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

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

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

Laura Bush, American First Lady

Children, School, Want

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