Ella Maillart Quotes
We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.
Quotes to Explore
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13.
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
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Everyone's like, 'Oh, you must live in L.A., the glamorous life,' and I really don't. I'm in a small house, in Pittsburgh, in the snow.
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I like children - fried.
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I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.
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There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.
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Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others.
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Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
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I need something bigger than myself. And the only thing that can be would be a child. Someone who would help me live even more selflessly.
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After asking questions about current recovery techniques, the conversation prompted me to ask myself, 'Why does it feel good after running to pour a bottle of water over your head?' I don't know the physiological answer, but the fact that it does feel better makes me perform better.
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It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.
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When you understand the Atonement, then you understand the joy of being rescued.
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We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.
