Our Children Quotes - Page 6

• The norm of unconditional parental love, I think, depends on the fact that we don't pick and choose the traits of our children in the way that we pick and choose the features of a car we might order, or a consumer good.

  Michael Sandel

  Children, Thinking, Order

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• People are constantly telling me, whether they are friends who feel sorry for me, because I can't find a place to live, or real estate agents, "You can't afford an apartment the size you need with this many books. Why don't you just put some of your books in storage?" And I always say the same thing: "What if I told you I had four children? Would you say, 'You just can't afford to house four children. Why don't you just put two of them in storage?'" That's how I feel.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Children, Sorry, Real

  "The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview With Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

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• Dreams are selfish, in the sense that they always concern issues and events that were weighing on your mind at the time you had the dream. Dreams will warn you about concerns in your career, in your family life, in your relationship with your spouse, and give insight into problems with your children.

  Charles McPhee

  Dream, Children, Selfish

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Dreams are more personal. We tend to only dream about issues that impact us directly: our careers, our marriage, our children, our family and friends.

  Charles McPhee

  Dream, Children, Impact

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Mom, Dad, Children

  Source: www.gq.com

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• The number one thing in my opinion parents can do is be the way you would like your child to be. Don't tell them one thing and do something different. Be congruent with what you would like them to be by showing them how to be that way.

  John Assaraf

  Children, Numbers, Parent

  Source: insearchofheroes.com

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• If you can show your child what its like to be charming and giving, show your child what love is really all about and show your child unconditional love, show your child caring and compassion and understanding the nonjudgmental and that is what your child will become.

  John Assaraf

  Children, Caring, Unconditional Love

  Source: insearchofheroes.com

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• How many times did we hear [Barack] Obama say, 'You didn't build that. You didn't build that - no, you need government.' We even saw Hillary Clinton say - remember her phrase - 'It takes a village to raise a child.' In other words, your children are not your children - they belong to the community.

  Rafael Cruz

  Children, It Takes A Village, Village To Raise A Child

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Kindness, Integrity

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• The way I see it, we teach our children through modeling.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Way, Teach

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.

  Mallory Ortberg

  Children, Race, Focus

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Protecting the environment is really important to everyone's welfare - that of our children, as well as that of the future generations.

  Yaya Toure

  Children, Important, Generations

  "Interview with International Football Star Yaya Touré". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 1, 2014.

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• I want our children's children to be free to walk safely down the street, girls to attend school, and women to work. I hope we continue to have freedom to wear what we want, worship how we want, study what we want, publish what we want while assuming personal responsibility for one's moral character.

  Julie Carmen

  Girl, Children, School

  "The Right to Follow Your Bliss" by Julie Carmen, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities.

  Annie Leonard

  Children, Real, College

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• If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice will have a direct impact on the lives and liberties of our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren.

  Edward Kennedy

  Children, Impact, Justice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Children, Would Be, Wonderful

  "Singer, Songwriter, Boss: Sinéad O'Connor". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It can be so terrifying to open yourself up to true love. That love can be with your mate, with your child, with yourself, because we are ultimately such vulnerable little creatures in this world.

  Lauren Bowles

  Children, World, Littles

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• When you say No, you also become a role model of healthy boundaries for others (especially your children).

  Doreen Virtue

  Children, Role Models, Healthy

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• As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

  Mike Love

  Song, Children, Way

  "Mike Love of the Beach Boys". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• Whether you're playing a mom on-screen or you're in a car pool lane driving your child to school in the morning, there are similarities that are undeniable. And once you're a mother, there are certain things that are instinct. You just have a better understanding of what it means to be a mother.

  Nia Long

  Mom, Mother, Morning

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• Malcolm Gladwell was on TV talking about wanting to have college football banned. It's interesting just because of him even bringing the topic up. Sooner or later, whether people are for or against it whether they like it or not, that is going to be a discussion that is going to come up. That's how it all starts - someone brings up the inquiry: Should we continue to let our children play Pop Warner, high school, and college football? Ten, 15, 20 years from now, who knows where that conversation is going to be.

  Donte Stallworth

  Football, Children, School

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• Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Teacher, Children, School

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• Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it.

  Johnny Isakson

  Children, Knowing, America

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• For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an Indian reservation to the Ivy League, from the home of a struggling single mom to the White House.

  Denise Juneau

  Mom, Teacher, Children

  "2012 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by The Honorable Denise Juneau". Reuters, September 05, 2012.

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• We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.

  Naveen Jain

  Children, Years, Skills

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