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"I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one."

"I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

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"Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out."

"Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

36

"We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier."

"We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

36

"The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens."

"The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

36

"The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes."

"The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes."

Jerry Only, American Musician

36

"Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant."

"Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

36

"I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie."

"I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

36

"Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms."

"Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms."

Mitch Daniels, American Politician

Kids, Nations, Potential, Results

35

"Kids today don't watch a black and white movie."

"Kids today don't watch a black and white movie."

Robert Englund, American Actor

35

"We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school."

"We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school."

Jonathan Brown, American Athlete

Kids, Now, School, Years

35

"You know, when we were kids, we had to go to a theater to see a movie. And then television came in and you had to wait until midnight to see the one you wanted to see. Now, all you've got to do is go to a store and buy it and you can watch it whenever you want!"

"You know, when we were kids, we had to go to a theater to see a movie. And then television came in and you had to wait until midnight to see the one you wanted to see. Now, all you've got to do is go to a store and buy it and you can watch it whenever you want!"

John Zorn, American Composer

Kids, Midnight, Now, Television

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"My songs are like my kids."

"My songs are like my kids."

Billy Joel, American Musician

35

"It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me."

"It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

35

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Kids, Now, Post, Violence

35

"We were on welfare when we were kids. Thanks for reminding me of that."

"We were on welfare when we were kids. Thanks for reminding me of that."

Louie Anderson, American Comedian

35

"I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa."

"I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

35

"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

35

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

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

Michael Madsen, American Actor

35

"If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing."

"If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing."

Aaliyah, American Musician

Kids, Security, Want

35

"Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that."

"Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

35

"Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name."

"Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name."

Marge Schott, American Businessman

34

"But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us."

"But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us."

Harvey Korman, American Actor

34

"I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well."

"I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well."

Robert Sternberg, American Educator

Kids, Statistics

34

"My kids are so much better parent than I was."

"My kids are so much better parent than I was."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

34

"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

34

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

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

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

34

"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

34

"If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts."

"If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts."

Susannah McCorkle, American Musician

34

"While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world."

"While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world."

Andy Kaufman, American Comedian

Kids, Television, World

34

"It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought."

"It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

Kids, Songs, Will

34

"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."

"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."

David Cassidy, American Actor

34

"Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you."

"Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you."

Gilda Radner, American Actress

34

"If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want."

"If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want."

Billy Joel, American Musician

34

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

Van Jones, American Activist

34

"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

34

"I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did."

"I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

34

"Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock."

"Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock."

Ben Lindsey, American Judge

34

"I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid."

"I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid."

Trey Parker, American Artist

34

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

33

"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt."

"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

33

"Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much."

"Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

33

"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."

"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

Kids, Public, School, World

32

"I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids."

"I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids."

Robert Lansing, American Politician

32

"When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were a lot of them and they actually never spoke to each other."

"When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were a lot of them and they actually never spoke to each other."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

32

"The reason that MGM hired Bobby for Our Gang was that they could look at him and say, cry, and he'd cry, and not many kids can do that unless they really want to cry."

"The reason that MGM hired Bobby for Our Gang was that they could look at him and say, cry, and he'd cry, and not many kids can do that unless they really want to cry."

Tommy Bond, American Actor

Kids, Reason, Want

32

"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

32

"I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear."

"I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear."

Prince William, British Royalty

32

"Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything."

"Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

32

"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

32

"White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it."

"White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

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