Joan Didion Quotes
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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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
Nancy Pelosi
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
Kate Reardon
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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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I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.
Daniel Boulud
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Carl Jung
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
Naveen Jain
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California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.
Ted Danson
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Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
Magnus Scheving
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.
Gary Kemp
Spandau Ballet
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Why then, if these books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the bible regain the place it once held as a school book ? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The reverence for the sacred book, that is thus early impressed, lasts long; and, probably, if not impressed in infancy, never takes firm hold of the mind.
Fisher Ames
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Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.
Ernest Dimnet
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It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun family. Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. I was raised on meat and cheese, so I've had enough for anyone's normal life span.
Ariana Grande
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I've always been a huge admirer and lover of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang. I love so many British designers like Stella McCartney.
Lily Collins
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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
