Walt Whitman Quotes
A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer ships, sack cities, charge with cavalry or infantry, or do anything that man or woman or the natural powers can do.
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My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband will always believe in them, love them and accept them.
Tasha Smith
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.
Salman Rushdie
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
Harlan Coben
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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
Dana Rohrabacher
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It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
Sadie Frost
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Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy.
Wendy Davis
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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
Quentin Crisp
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Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
Laura Schlessinger
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
Natalie Babbitt
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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.
T. D. Jakes
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A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made.
Patrick Roy
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For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.
Van Morrison
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Honestly, I am so ignorant of how dance works that I can't even imagine a story that you would want to tell through movement.
Ira Glass
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
Karen Kingsbury
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Next week, I will be joining President Hollande and world leaders in Paris for the global climate conference. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.
Barack Obama
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Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.
Fran Lebowitz
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While the children laughed I was always afraid Of the Smile of the clown So I close my eyes Till I can't see the light And I hide from the sound We're two of a Kind Silence and I We need a chance to talk things over Two of a kind Silence and I
Alan Parsons
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Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another.
Joan Didion
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The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing in the screenplay and what was on the screen after. Sometimes there was a big gap. Now, the more I have experienced, the more I do movies, the more I feel that the dream is closer to the screen. It's coming with experience.
Denis Villeneuve
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As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.
Susan George
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After Sandy hit, my wife and I saw pictures of the devastation following the hurricane in the news. We immediately wanted to find a way to assist those in need.
Tyson Chandler
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The things I'm making and doing I really like and think are interesting; I'm drawn to them.
Casey Spooner
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A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer ships, sack cities, charge with cavalry or infantry, or do anything that man or woman or the natural powers can do.
Walt Whitman