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		In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. C. Watts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen DeCrow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Little 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Johnson 
			 
			
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		Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel L. Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Waylon Jennings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malorie Blackman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Navjot Singh Sidhu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kemp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bahman Ghobadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was raised by a family that there was no, 'You're a girl so you have a limited number of options.' In my community, that was never anything that happened. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Osteen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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