Small Child Quotes - Page 7

• Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.

  Alice Hoffman

  Daughter, Children, Secret

  FaceBook post by Alice Hoffman from May 10, 2015

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• I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Children, Lasts, Next

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

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• The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for enthusiastic justifications for slavery, persecution, abandonment of small children, torture, and genocide... Moreover, religion enshrined hierarchy, authority, and inequality... It was the age of equality that brought about the disappearance of such religious appurtenances as the auto-da-fe and burning at the stake.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Religious, Children, Rights

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• There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

  Terry Pratchett

  Letting Go, Children, People

  "Terry Pratchett in quotes: 15 of the best". www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2015.

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• I like throwing snowballs at small children.

  Sam Mendes

  Children, Throwing, Snowball

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• Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress. Act a charity sometimes. When a poor creature (outwardly and visibly such) comes before thee, do not stay to inquire whether the "seven small children," in whose name he implores thy assistance, have a veritable existence. Rake not into the bowels of unwelcome truth, to save a halfpenny. It is good to believe him.

  Charles Lamb

  Children, Believe, Names

  Charles Lamb (1840). “The essays of Elia”, p.75

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• I have a small child. Being a parent takes a lot of time. People always ask me, "What movies have you watched lately?" I tell them, "Finding 'Nemo' ... 'Shrek'.

  Clint Eastwood

  Children, People, Parent

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• My mother often says that she could never have done it if I had been the youngest, if she had other small children she had to cart around New York City for my auditions and go-sees (modeling auditions) and stuff.

  Katherine Heigl

  Mother, New York, Children

  "Will Arnett and Katherine Heigl Talk THE NUT JOB, Creating the Voices for Their Characters, Collaborating with the Director and Animators, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 16, 2014.

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• The rest of our enquiry is made easy because this God-Creator is openly called Father. Psycho-analysis concludes that he really is the father, clothed in the grandeur in which he once appeared to the small child.

  Sigmund Freud

  Children, Father, Atheism

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• I know not how I seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with while the vast ocean of undiscovered truth lay before me.

  Isaac Newton

  Children, Ocean, Atheism

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• There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  Jobs, Children, People

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• Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Skills, Sometimes

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• Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us, that we are seen as unlovable.

  Bell Hooks

  Girl, Children, Independent

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  The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, School, Doe

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• For a small child there is no division between
  playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and
  things that are 'educational.' The child learns while living and any part of
  living that is enjoyable is also play.

  Penelope Leach

  Fun, Children, Educational

  Penelope Leach (1989). “Your baby & child: from birth to age five”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• As a small child me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true.

  Erin O'Connor

  Dream, Children, Ice Cream

  "Erin O'Connor: 'I burnt my parents' lovely new kitchen down. But they forgave me in the end'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• I travel all the time, and I have two small children.

  Hope Davis

  Children, Two

  "Hope Davis: Will Six Degrees' Laura Bust Her Pal's Fiancé?". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. October 12, 2006.

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• In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.

  Caitlin Flanagan

  Girl, Teenage, Children

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• The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from them was hard.

  James Daly

  Business, Children, Years

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• Few occasions are as joyous to small children as funerals, almost better than the big wedding blowouts that take place at night when it's hard to stay awake. A small boy will never be harshly criticized at a funeral; he is more treasured as death comes close and all his wickedness vanishes before the inescapable fact that thank God, he is healthy.

  Arthur Miller

  Children, Boys, Night

  Arthur Miller (2013). “Timebends: A Life”, p.29, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Finn crossed his arms and glared at Volusian. It was kind of a bold move, considering Finn looked like a cartoon character and Volusian looked like he ate the souls of small children. For all I knew, he probably did.

  Richelle Mead

  Children, Moving, Character

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Richelle Mead Dark Swan Bundle: Storm Born, Thorn Queen, Iron Crowned & Shadow Heir”, p.335, Zebra Books

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• The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

  Koichi Tanaka

  Children, Character, Acceptance

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• Well, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them.

  Treat Williams

  Children, Two, Important

  "Afternoon Treat". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. April 26, 2002.

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• But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, 'Well, how did life begin' - they're... they don't have an answer. I mean, they have an answer, but it's a BS answer. It's an answer that wouldn't make sense to a small child.

  Ben Stein

  Children, Mean, People

  "Ben Stein on Glenn Beck's show about Intelligent Design". "Glenn Beck Program", www.youtube.com. November 13, 2007.

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• First the body has to become utterly relaxed, like a small child, then only start with the mind. Move scientifically: first the simplest, then the complex, then the more complex. And then only can you relax at the ultimate core.

  Rajneesh

  Children, Moving, Relaxation

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