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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Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.
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In Bosnia, the case was there were white, blond-haired, blue-eyed Muslims who were being slaughtered and identified as Muslims. That really touched me.
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What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.
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I've always considered myself a character actor.
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Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !
