Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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