Nancy Mitford Quotes
Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !
Quotes to Explore
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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It takes three to make a child.
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When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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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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I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.
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I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing I learned at boarding school was never to send my child to one.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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I think all girls secretly want to be actresses because acting seems so glamorous. But as a child, I was always the villager who had one line in the school play. I was shy and I had a bit of a lisp.
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I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
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When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric.
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My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.
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When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music.
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Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
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Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !
