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Children Quotes
Raising kids, and the duties that come with it.
Quotes about "children" here include a filmmaker recalling audience shock at a controversial early work, alongside pointed reminders that entertainment isn't a substitute for parenting at home. For prayer-focused content about children, see Prayers for children.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents.
- Tell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children tell the truth.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, our children, who have been playing with their computers since the age of five or six, don't have quite the same brain as those who were brought up on wooden or metal toys, whose brains are certainly atrophied by comparison.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hiring someone to look after your children is about the most important thing you will ever do in your life.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, like a lot of parents, I have to fight with myself every time I leave the house not to buy my children more stuff.
- Nov 07, 2020
I used to spend hours reading the Sunday papers, but then I had 900 children so I don't any more.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like my children to remember all the cuddles and bedtimes, and that I worshipped them unconditionally.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
- Good Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Strauss allowed me to be a writer. Without it, 'The Emperor's Children' would not exist. When I received the award, I was teaching, had one baby, and was pregnant with another. There was no time for writing.
- Attention Spans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy literary editor on the 'New Statesman.' I remember thinking, 'That's perfect.' It was three days a week, and I had children, but I could make that work - so I applied for it and got it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.
- Nov 07, 2020