Bob Hoskins Quotes
It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal, and it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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It's double talk and double standards. It's like, be honest, but don't be too honest. Look fresh-faced and young, but don't tell us how you got there. God forbid you have plastic surgery, even though we're telling you, 'Oh, you look old.' Be a career woman, but also, why aren't you having kids? Are you some kind of cold shrew?
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Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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I married my high school sweetheart, and I do have two kids.
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
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I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
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My biggest style inspirations come from the '90s. I'm really inspired by TLC, Janet Jackson, and designers like Jeremy Scott. I'm hugely inspired by Club Kids from New York back in the '90s. I'm inspired by the drag queen scene. Combat boots and the torn off jeans and a baggy shirt - I love that look.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.
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The kids are a big part of my schedule.
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There is a legitimate role for the police to keep the peace, but there should be a difference between a police response and a military response.
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It occurred to me the thing that broke my heart the most was when I grew up and realized everything wasn't an adventure. I got to a certain age and realized I couldn't be Indiana Jones.
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Because of Twitter, I think people know most every single thing about me. I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people about me.
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It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.
