Christopher Morley Quotes
The most interesting persons are always those who have nothing special to do: children, nurses, policemen and actors at 11 o'clock in the morning.
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A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don't think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything.
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I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
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History is more interesting than most people think.
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When you have girl children they torture you!
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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Though I made my share of mistakes, as all parents do, I was devoted to my kids. I walked them to school every morning and walked back to pick them up at 3.
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
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I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.
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I usually just do, like, studio jobs, re-writes and stuff.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
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The most interesting persons are always those who have nothing special to do: children, nurses, policemen and actors at 11 o'clock in the morning.
