Lenny Abrahamson Quotes

I can think back to being four or five and not wanting to sit at the kids' table because I thought it was demeaning. I was this ridiculous little kid.

Lenny Abrahamson

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• When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels like too much.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Start

• I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

  

  Adam Beach
  • Kids
  • Hope
  • Change

• I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.

  

  Natasha Tsakos
  • People
  • Kids
  • Parents

• I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • People
  • Great
  • Kids

• Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Today

• All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

  

  Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Way

• I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Time
  • May
  • Kids

• Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Kids
  • Future
  • Coffee

• Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.

  

  Takashi Murakami
  • Kids
  • Like
  • Watching

• Kids can't build a marble statue at home. But I've had parents tell me that, after an exhibit, their kids immediately dug out their Lego kits and disappeared for three days.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Home
  • Kids
  • Parents

• I just love kids. I always have.

  

  Faith Prince
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Always

• In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Life
  • World
  • School

• I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Good
  • Great
  • Done

• Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • People
  • Love
  • Kids

• I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Life
  • Children
  • Kids

• I love the fact that little kids think I'm a witch. A mum might come over and say 'I'm sorry to disturb you, but my daughter thinks you're in 'Harry Potter.' I'll say 'That's cool' and take the kid aside and say, 'I'm a witch. If you don't listen to your mum, I'm going to haunt you!' It's brilliant. I can scare kids into doing their homework.

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Kids
  • Cool
  • Listen

• In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Business
  • Power
  • True

• I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

  

  Foxy Brown
  • Amazing
  • Crazy
  • Myself

• As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

  

  Jenna Bush
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Parents

• I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Life
  • Important
  • Love

• I feel like Canadian movies should be as good or better than the competition because of the talent we have here.

  

  Kevin Zegers
  • Good
  • Competition

• I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

  

  Nas
  • Life
  • Up
  • Fun

• People talk about writing convincing teenagers like it's a really clever thing to do, but it comes incredibly naturally to me. Which, of course, is slightly a worry.

  

  Meg Rosoff
  • People
  • Writing
  • Worry

• I can think back to being four or five and not wanting to sit at the kids' table because I thought it was demeaning. I was this ridiculous little kid.

  

  Lenny Abrahamson
  • Kids