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"I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on."

"I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on."

Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Kids, Now, Training

47

"I don't want little kids reading my comics."

"I don't want little kids reading my comics."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

Kids, Reading, Want

28

"Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny."

"Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

26

"In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids."

"In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

24

"Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it."

"Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

Kids, Present, Reality, Responsibility

23

"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing."

"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

20

"I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey."

"I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey."

John O'Neill, American Athlete

Kids, Police, Want

15

"The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals."

"The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

15

"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."

"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."

Philip Larkin, English Poet

Kids, Man, Misery

14

"Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs."

"Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

Kids, Old, Songs

13

"I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids."

"I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

13

"No one really wants to send their kids off to die for oil."

"No one really wants to send their kids off to die for oil."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

13

"I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids."

"I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

12

"I've got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are 'hello,' 'goodbye,' and 'I'm pregnant'."

"I've got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are 'hello,' 'goodbye,' and 'I'm pregnant'."

Dean Martin, American Actor

12

"I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me."

"I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me."

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

12

"You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

"You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

11

"I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did."

"I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did."

Sally Field, American Actress

11

"Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position."

"Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position."

Corbin Bleu, American Actor

11

"I get paid for what most kids get punished for."

"I get paid for what most kids get punished for."

Jerry Lewis, American Comedian

11

"One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times."

"One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times."

Norton Juster, American Architect

Kids, Problems, Want

11

"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."

"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."

Andy Dick, American Actor

10

"Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids."

"Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids."

Hal Sparks, American Actor

10

"We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it."

"We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it."

Art Garfunkel, American Musician

10

"Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them."

"Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them."

John Goodman, American Actor

10

"If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book or perhaps in a course, but I'm sorry to say, I went to some classes that my kids took and it was clear in school that what they were doing was just SAT training."

"If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book or perhaps in a course, but I'm sorry to say, I went to some classes that my kids took and it was clear in school that what they were doing was just SAT training."

Robert Sternberg, American Educator

Kids, School, Training

10

"It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have."

"It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

10

"I listen to kids play a lot."

"I listen to kids play a lot."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

10

"I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me."

"I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me."

Lee Majors, American Actor

10

"If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too."

"If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too."

John Lithgow, American Actor

10

"When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in."

"When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Kids, Play, World

10

"Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television."

"Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

Kids, School, Television

10

"He just had a very unique way of expressing himself physically with his kids."

"He just had a very unique way of expressing himself physically with his kids."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

10

"The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them."

"The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them."

Joan Collins, American Actress

9

"I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts."

"I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts."

Marion Zimmer Bradley, American Writer

9

"I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now."

"I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now."

Grandmaster Flash, American Musician

Kids, Now, Saying, Want

9

"But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they could find it on television."

"But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they could find it on television."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

Kids, Now, Television

9

"I didn't do the typical things that young kids do."

"I didn't do the typical things that young kids do."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

9

"I think a lot of the problem is that at 8 o'clock there's nothing on for kids."

"I think a lot of the problem is that at 8 o'clock there's nothing on for kids."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

9

"The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies."

"The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

Kids, Lies, World

9

"It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show."

"It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

9

"Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else."

"Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else."

Michael Madsen, American Actor

9

"Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught."

"Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught."

James P. Hogan, British Author

9

"I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me."

"I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me."

Alonzo Mourning, American Athlete

Kids, Old, Want, Years

9

"It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them."

"It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them."

Gina Philips, American Actress

Kids, Parents, Want

8

"When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit."

"When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

8

"I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV."

"I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV."

William H. Macy, American Actor

8

"The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it."

"The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

8

"Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things."

"Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

8

"On her baby: He's 16 months old and he eats soap and paper. What's going on with kids?"

"On her baby: He's 16 months old and he eats soap and paper. What's going on with kids?"

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

Kids, Months, Old

8

"I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s."

"I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s."

Tim Conway, American Actor

8

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