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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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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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
Malala Yousafzai
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Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path.
Ban Ki-moon
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If you look at some of the smaller capital markets in Asia, when they want funding, they either come here to Hong Kong or they go to California, the mecca of the Internet, because they can capture the liquidity and then move on and do what they want to do, which is develop a business.
Richard Li
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Modelling's not something I want to do just on its own, but I always want it to be a part of my life.
Alice Dellal
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Navient's actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable.
Lisa Madigan
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I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.
Etta James
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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
