Mandy Patinkin Quotes
We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
Quotes to Explore
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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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.
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.
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There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
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I give the children education.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.
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You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
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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.
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The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
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I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
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When I go visit my mom in the retirement community where my parents live, she has a bunch of friends, and she will say, 'These neighbors I play bridge with have a son with an idea,' and it goes from there.
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It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.
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I visited Minnie Pearl's home down in Nashville, and I liked it so much I asked the same man to help fix up my place.
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I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very removed from the Hollywood scene. I had always been in my school plays, but my mom and dad wanted to keep me out of the business until I was old enough to know who I was and not let anyone change me.
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We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
