Florida Scott-Maxwell Quotes
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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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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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
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My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
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It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.
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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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I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.
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When you have girl children they torture you!
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I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
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Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
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The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
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Once someone gave me a book of the Christians. I asked him to read it to me. It talked about nothing but sin. Sin is the only thing one hears at your Brahmo Samaj too... He who says day and night, ‘I am a sinner, I am a sinner’, verily becomes a sinner... Why should one only talk about sin and hell, and such things?
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I love laugh lines. It means you've had a good life. The most beautiful women - Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Hutton, Ali MacGraw - all embraced the aging process.
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I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.
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No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
