Thomas Sowell Quotes
If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the quality of child care more than by lifting the heavy burden of taxation that forces so many families to have both parents working.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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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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I want to make affordable shoes of quality that are very fashion forward, chic, and that I'm going to wear.
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Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.
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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
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Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.
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'Quality' means what will sell and do a customer some good - at least try to.
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My mom was a single parent.
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I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious, but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous.
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Cyberterrorism has become an increasingly prevalent and serious threat here in America, both to individuals and businesses.
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People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.
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Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.
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Dogmas are the toys that amuse and can satisfy but unreasoning children. They are the offspring of human speculation and prejudiced fancy.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in tune with the other things I liked doing.
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Certain exterior impulses hit the economic mechanism and thereby initiate more or less regular oscillations.
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If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the quality of child care more than by lifting the heavy burden of taxation that forces so many families to have both parents working.
