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"My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish."

"My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish."

Henry Darrow, Puerto Rican Actor

Children, Regret

33

"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

33

"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

33

"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

32

"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

32

"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

32

"We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories."

"We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

Children, Memories

32

"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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"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

32

"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

32

"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

32

"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

32

"Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves."

"Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves."

Francois Fenelon, French Clergyman

Children, Nothing, Will

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

31

"There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl."

"There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

31

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

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

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

Richard Adams, English Clergyman

30

"It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children."

"It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Children, Country

30

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"

"Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Children, First, Man, Question

30

"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

29

"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them."

"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them."

Dora Russell, English Celebrity

29

"All my children inherited perfect pitch."

"All my children inherited perfect pitch."

Chevy Chase, American Comedian

29

"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

29

"The laws of this world are for children."

"The laws of this world are for children."

Frank Wedekind, German Playwright

Children, Laws, World

29

"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

29

"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

28

"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

28

"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

27

"Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children."

"Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children."

Cecelia Ahern, Irish Novelist

Children, Childhood, Story, Evil, Warning

27

"It eats you up. It eats you up. And you have to - I had a lot of help. I had a lot of therapy. And I was able to - because it was hard, you know, to - you can't just lay it on friends and children."

"It eats you up. It eats you up. And you have to - I had a lot of help. I had a lot of therapy. And I was able to - because it was hard, you know, to - you can't just lay it on friends and children."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Children, Friends, Help, Therapy

27

"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

27

"Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons."

"Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons."

John Walsh, American Entertainer

Children, Day, Hell

27

"I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone."

"I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

26

"The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that."

"The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that."

Charles Buxton, English Public Servant

Children, Duty, First, May

26

"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

26

"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

26

"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

26

"I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children."

"I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children."

Alain Delon, French Actor

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