Matthew Morrison Quotes
I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us.
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I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.
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I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.
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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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A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'
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I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.
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In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
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Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.
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I love holidaying with the kids after working hard, it is amazing.
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The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.
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Tests that sugar-coat the truth only set up our kids to fail in worse ways down the road.
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I sat at the popular table, but I always felt really geeky.
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If your dad always has candy, how cool is he? Coolest dude in the world. My kids think I'm cool.
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We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'
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When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.
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I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.
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You know, I just tend to grow my beard out for 'Parks and Rec.' As an actor it's always easier to shave or cut your hair for a role, but it's hard to put fake hair on or grow hair for a role. When you look at pictures of me, the longer my hair is, the longer my facial hair is, that's just the longer I haven't gotten a job.
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My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.
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Of hobbies there are many, many, kinds. For example, money-making. But money-making is not exactly a hobby, for it will scarcely carry a boy along in continuous joy, comfort and pleasure - to say nothing of a full-grown man. Money comes, not because it is ridden as a hobby, but because a real hobby is ridden so cleverly and carefully that it oozes out money on the side!
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I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen.
