Seth MacFarlane Quotes
My dad always played Anne Murray in the car on the way to the dump when I was a kid.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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More than 200,000 kids have had their lives transformed by ARK. I use that word properly.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.
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The way I write is generally about love. I have a great fascination about the subject.
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I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some grandbabies.
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One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life.
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I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'
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I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table.
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Moms get their fair share of conflicting advice, with a heaping of unsolicited advice. Parents debate the pros/cons of different types of disposable diapers, whether the supposed carcinogens in Johnson & Johnson baby products hurt their kids who used it, which method of sleep training to use.
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I see these college kids taking these crazy shots, and it's like, taking that shot is going to leave you without a job. You're not Steph Curry.
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I've always wanted an old Vette... like, a '67 Stingray is the car I'd want.
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Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.
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People who have grit – they hate doing hard work. They hate it as much as we do. But, the thing is, they find a way to do it.
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Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.
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I swear I want to be a food model.
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If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third.
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My dad always played Anne Murray in the car on the way to the dump when I was a kid.
