My Children Quotes - Page 28

• I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.

  Salman Rushdie

  Children, Spy, Pages

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• My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.

  Salman Rushdie

  Mother, Children

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• One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

  Salman Rushdie

  Children, Nice, Wonderful Friends

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• I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

  Adam Savage

  Children, Church, Generations

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• I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Children, Tvs, Protective

  "Couple of the Moment: Kimora & Djimon" by Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 14, 2008.

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• Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has benefited all of them.

  Jane Smiley

  Children, Nuclear, Four

  "Divorce! It’s Good for the Children!" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2010.

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• I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Children, School, Thinking

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• When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them.

  Patti Smith

  Children, Book, Years

  "Patti Smith: 'I love Portland ... it's a real book town'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. January 31, 2010.

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• I don't really have a schedule of when I want to show my children my movies.

  Steven Spielberg

  Children, Schedules, Want

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• I'm not a great man to my children. I'm just 'Pop.' The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top.

  Steven Spielberg

  Children, Kids, Men

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• When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

  Steven Spielberg

  Children, Choices, Born

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• I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

  Danielle Steel

  Summer, Children, Lying

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• I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.

  Sting

  Birthday, Children, Healthy

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• I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.

  Sting

  Children, Real, Media

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• It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

  Meryl Streep

  Funny Inspirational, Children, Food

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• Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

  Meryl Streep

  Children, Decision, World

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  Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  God, Hope, Children

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.14, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Jobs, Children, College

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• As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

  Alan Thicke

  Children, Father, Responsibility

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• I care about my legacy that I'm leaving, not only for my fans, but for my wife and my children and my grandchildren. I want them to look back and say, 'He did it right and he stood up for what is right.'

  Josh Turner

  Children, Wife, Leaving

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• Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

  Desmond Tutu

  Children, Heart, Wonderful

  Desmond Tutu, John Webster (1982). “Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa”

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• My life revolves around my child's routine.

  Shania Twain

  Children, Routine

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all.

  Steven Tyler

  Beautiful, Children, Whales

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• There are different types of love, and my love for my child is like me and my mum. We've gone through a lot of rocky patches, but we never stop loving.

  Tracey Ullman

  Children, Different, Gone

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• We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Children, Important

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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