Alfie Kohn Quotes
Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children.
Quotes to Explore
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It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
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This is what we get paid to do, is to bring it every week, and I hope the guys would say I bring it every week. I mean, I love this game, and I bring energy.
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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Among my books, the ones that sell best are for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. According to a study by the Association of American Publishers, the largest area of industry growth in 2014 was in the children and young adult category.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.
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I love to drive in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota with Mount Rushmore as the central stop.
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Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
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I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.
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I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi.
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I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and it's all here.
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Mother, when your children are irritable, do not make them more so by scolding and fault-finding, but correct their irritability by good nature and mirthfulness. Irritability comes from errors in food, bad air, too little sleep, a necessity for change of scene and surroundings; from confinement in close rooms, and lack of sunshine.
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However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.
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I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.
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I always felt like there wasn't a blueprint for father-daughter relationships - for them or for us. Because what are they supposed to do with us, treat us like boys, or small women, or what? Father-daughter relationships are so unique from family to family, and I'd love to watch it explored more onstage.
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Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children.
