Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.Marian Wright Edelman
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
Sam Brownback -
A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
Yoshihiko Noda -
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Wayne Dyer -
The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
Hans Rosling -
We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
Yoko Ono -
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.
Naveen Jain
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
India de Beaufort -
From reinforcing beaches in the Rockaways to installing generators at the Coney Island Houses and sealing holes in the subway system, New York is fortifying our ability to withstand future storm surges.
Frances Beinecke -
I like children - fried.
W. C. Fields -
If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.
Patricia Schroeder -
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.
Tamron Hall -
The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
Quentin Crisp
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
Karl Kraus -
I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.
Van Jones -
My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.
A. James Clark -
Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.
Tamala Jones -
Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.
Gary Lineker
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In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.
Andy Warhol -
Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.
Ben Shahn -
I think most actors like to be liked.
Anjelica Huston -
I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling.
Dakota Johnson -
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
Marian Wright Edelman