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.
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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.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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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.
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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.
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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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.
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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.
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
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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.
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I like children - fried.
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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.
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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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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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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.
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My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.
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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.
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Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
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A lot of magic happens when you put out a publicity release. I have launched many products with the money I got back from my publicity release.
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The scouting community always looked at those guys as European players, until now. That may change.
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I'd say I'm a bit antimadridista although I do not know where my future will be, but it's a team that I never liked. I get the impression that it is an arrogant club, about how the players are. Without humility, you cannot get anywhere.
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been an adviser to Trump, although he still very publicly couldn't land a job in the president's Cabinet, despite providing that counsel. And Kobach has a long history of making up facts to help him pass unfair voter suppression laws and push extreme anti-immigrant proposals.
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A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
