Elizabeth Berg Quotes
My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.
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My worry about this exclusive focus on Trump - the personality and how all of this is so unprecedented - is that then the solution seems to be, 'Well, we'll just get rid of Trump.'
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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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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I worry unnecessarily.
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Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children.
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I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy.
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
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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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I love children. They're so much fun and I would have a blast spoiling them.
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The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona. With my children, I'm just 'Mom.' At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.
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Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.
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Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development, and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel.
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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
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I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.
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I don't really go on what people say so much; I go on their voice. I go on their energy at the time. I go on how close their arms are folded into their chest.
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My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.
