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 want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
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Only the free-wheeling artist-explorer, non-academic, scientist-philosopher, mechanic, economist-poet who has never waited for patron-starting and accrediting of his co-ordinate capabilities holds the prime initiative today.
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Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.
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In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.
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How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.
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We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
