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- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were aware of our own abilities, we had become practiced at laughing more than other children in our social circle.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the strangest unintended consequences of abortion, of legalized abortion, was that it drives the crime rate down because what abortion really was, was a mechanism for which fewer unwanted children could be born.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never met in the real world - who get trapped in a shared dreamscape when they fall asleep. It's called 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.
- Naughty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the horses. But the deer? They're naughty.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved. They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love New York City in the fall, and one of my favorite events of the season is the annual World of Children Award Gala, at which I have the profound pleasure of meeting the newest class of changemakers for children who are there to receive their World of Children Award.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When children do not have three square meals a day, a proper education, and at least one adult who they know loves and is committed to them, it's very unlikely they will grow up to be productive citizens of the world.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Isn't it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much?
- Caring
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- Nov 07, 2020