John Lennon Quotes
The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.
Quotes to Explore
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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Between work and the kids, I never see anyone anymore. I mean, when I first met with ABC last spring, and they asked me what I'd been doing lately, I said: 'Gee, I have two kids. I'm usually covered with food, wrinkled and feel guilty all the time.
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We spend to pretend that we're upper class. And when the dust clears - when bankruptcy hits or a family member bails us out of our stupidity - there's nothing left over. Nothing for the kids' college tuition, no investment to grow our wealth, no rainy-day fund if someone loses her job.
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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.
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With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.
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I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That's something I would love to do.
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There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.
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I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes.
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Confessions: What if we wrote new creeds that put love in the spotlight? Imagine if, instead of reciting a statement of beliefs, we spoke confessions of love, beginning with “We love” rather than “We believe.
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To be invited to the Park - the greatest free Shakespeare festival in the world - is a great honor, and I don't take it lightly.
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Aging followed by death is the price we pay for the immortality of our genes. You find this information soul-killing; I find it thrilling, liberating.
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The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.
