Sue Johanson Quotes
Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.
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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
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The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.
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It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
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I think that a lot of kids today focus on impressing each other. And while that's really nice, you also have to think about your future, about getting into a good school.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
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I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
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You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.
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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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I am like a friend to my kids. My wife, Sangeeta, handles their studies, etc.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
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When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.
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I know I got to do something that's one in a million, to escape a refugee camp, to come to this country and have so many doors open for me. So I want to go back and make a difference and give motivation or hope to all the kids that never got to leave or have the privilege that I did.
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I often don't read reviews.
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The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way.
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I drive the car pool - I show up with no makeup and drive the kids to school.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.
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There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
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Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it.
