Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Jean de la Bruyere
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
V. S. Naipaul
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I remember the first time I went to Italy when I was eighteen, I was in Florence and there were all these eighteen, nineteen, twenty-year-olds gliding past on Vespas with crinkly, long, hair, and I thought I was on the set of a movie. I couldn't believe that this was going on and I hadn't known about it before. I was flabbergasted.
Walter Kirn
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Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.
Padgett Powell
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
Yoko Ono
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One cool thing is because Mom and Dad aren't into the Hollywood scene, they don't read 'US Weekly' or anything like that. They give me space. They don't care. They just want all of their children to be doing something that they love to do and be able to pay their insurance.
Jack McBrayer
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I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
Harold E. Varmus
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.
E. T. Bell
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The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days.
Victoria Osteen
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Many children with cancer in the developing world can be cured. But without appropriate treatment, few survive.
Caitriona Balfe
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
Indira Varma
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Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.
Peter Hall
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A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
Ramon Rodriguez
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When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.
Brooke Burke
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When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
Bill Clinton
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My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.
Gail Porter
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Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Jean de la Bruyere
