Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Quotes
As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.
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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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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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'Tryin' to Get the Feeling' has been a revelation. I'd forgotten how powerful that was. I'd forgotten how deep I can crawl into that one, and maybe because I'm older it means even more.
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Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
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Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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I have always been very choosy, but as you grow older, your tolerance for crap becomes less. The role I will do today has to justify the time I take away from my kids and my husband. I love them, spend a lot of time with them and love doing things for them. So to go away for three to six months, I need something equally powerful.
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Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.
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People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.
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I want to make smart choices.
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I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing school classes and costumes.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
