Ben Miller Quotes
I'd probably be one of these terribly over-protective parents whose children become a neurotic wreck because they've never been exposed to real life.
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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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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
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I have the most supportive parents and family in the entire world.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
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I told my parents that I will marry any girl they choose for me. They also told me that they are open to considering any girl I choose. We were very open about it throughout.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
Nastassja Kinski -
By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.
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My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.
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Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
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I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.
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Pulling away from your parents, that's the natural thing to do; that's how life progresses.
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First-class delivery of children's palliative care is life-changing. When families are confronted with the shattering news that their children have a life-limiting condition, their world can fall apart.
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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.
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I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.
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I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.
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The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
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Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.
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There's so much happenstance, so many accidents - stumbling into something and finding it interesting and living with it over time and building on it. It's okay to work from doubt. You need to be willing to not know.
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I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come from money, and I didn't come from circles of power. I didn't come from the country club; I came from the town park.
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I'd probably be one of these terribly over-protective parents whose children become a neurotic wreck because they've never been exposed to real life.
