Children Quotes
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I strongly support not just citizenship classes but also teaching children how the law works and the many ways it affects their lives.
Cherie Blair
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I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.
Lois Lowry
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images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered
Harriet Harman
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My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.
Bernice King
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As silly as it seems to all of us, it has made a difference in a lot of children's lives. Gilligan is a buffoon that makes mistakes and I cannot tell you how many kids come up and say, 'But you loved him anyway.
Dawn Wells
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I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
Bruce Rauner
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If children do not understand the Constitution, they cannot understand how our government functions, or what their rights and responsibilities are as citizens of the United States.
John Roberts
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I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.
Jim Parsons
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Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.
Betsy DeVos
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As parents are usually working, they haven't time to teach children about cooking, and it's a wilderness. They should be given healthy recipes - some standbys so that when they leave home, they don't live on junk.
Mary Berry
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When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.
Haim Ginott
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Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.
Pam Brown
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I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.
Brian Jacques
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Clearly the will of the people is that the Legislature make as its 'paramount' duty -- its top priority -- the education of all children. Not just some -- all.
Luke Ford
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Good words will not give me back my children.
Chief Joseph
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My children teach me to slow down and enjoy life.
Gena Lee Nolin
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I saw some women had written that the cloning of Dolly was wonderful since it showed that women could have children without men. They didnt even understand that this was the ultimate ownership of womenof embryos, of eggs, of bodiesby a few men with capital and control techniques, that it wasnt freedom from men but total control by men.
Vandana Shiva
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When you feel your child truly loves you back, it makes you wish you had kissed your parents more.
Carol Ann Susi
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Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.
Amy Chua
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It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.
Christine Gregoire
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My main commitment is to Caudwell Children. I put more than £1m a year into the charity, besides a lot of time and effort.
John Caudwell
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I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.
Linda Hamilton
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Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.
Jean-Paul Sartre