Erma Bombeck Quotes
To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
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I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that my mom makes almost every Christmas. It's the best!
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By the time I get done with my fans and my music and my kids and my family and my fiance and my horses, well, they suffer too, but, I don't really have much time left to do anything else.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Children crave routine and find listening to the same stories over and over again soothing. If you've grown weary of the holiday books you've read your kid 7,883 times, try adding 'dude' to the end of every line of dialogue.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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In my family, there was no celebration of ignorance. They'd come and see Chekhov or Shakespeare. I've got a sister who got a first in her degree. We don't sit around watching TV all the time.
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A lot of family members worked in the joint commodities family business. It was a classic case of capitalism at work and socialism at home.
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The team at ASCAP is a genuine family, and I am proud to be part of an organization that is home to so many legendary songwriters and composers.
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The Hindu marriage may be described as the union of two families. In this union, there is no room for petty ambitions and personal ego-trips. What is involved is love for the entire family that one is marrying into.
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'Animal Ark', was when I was fourteen years old, and it was an ITV children's program, and I did an episode called, 'Bunnies in the Bathroom.' And I'm not sure if it was my finest hour.
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I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.
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I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative. I'm not coming from a neutral place, but with time, I've had to re-examine my thinking.
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It was unbelievable! My family and close friends were sitting together till quite late in the night. People outside the gate just kept standing, hordes and hordes of them. It was overwhelming. I kept going out to meet them at half-hour intervals. But it just wasn't enough.
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To Her, whose children's smiles fed the narrator's fancy and were his rich reward: from the Author.
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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back at you.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
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I try to do collaborations with as many artists as possible. It's really excellent and fun to actually work with another songwriter.
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I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere.
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To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.
