Hugh Lofting Quotes
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My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
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I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.
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Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
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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.
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My appearances are almost theatrical performances. I bring items for the children to see, such as photographs and actual piece of meteorite, a family quilt, sometimes spectacles, sometimes clothing, so that they can understand what I write about is family stories based in fact.
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Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.
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My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.
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Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name.
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
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All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.
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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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I don't have children, but I have 17 nieces and nephews, and they more than make up for anything that I can do. I have a stepdaughter, and I adore her to pieces, and I think about adoption. There are so many kids at different ages and stages that need families.
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Those of you who have fallen prey to any kind of addiction, there is hope because God loves all of His children.
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Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.
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It's our heritage: we Democrats, we dream a lot.
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The world is in motion, as it seems.
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I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.
