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"The lyrics to the single 'Survivor' are Destiny's Child's story, because we've been through a lot, ... We went through our drama with the members ... Any complications we've had in our 10-year period of time have made us closer and tighter and better."
"According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life."
"Vaccination is pretty special because you can do a vaccination campaign anywhere in the world. All you are doing is gathering women from the villages, getting them the vaccines and asking them to go around and find the children."
"When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation."
"In 1990, one in 10 children died before the age of five. That's now down to one in 20, and vaccines were the single biggest factor in that. Had it stayed at 10 percent, 122 million more children would have died."
"Rock stars hawking Diet Cokes--are demons set loose on the Earth to lower the standards for the perfect & holy children of God!"
"I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team."
"Never let the children cry, Cause you got to tell Jah, Jah why"
"The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the firstborn of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children. In the Old Testament, the firstborn of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest."
"When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children."
"I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable."
"Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it."
"If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes."
"Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match."
"Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake."
"If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them more fairy tales."
"If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless."
"Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll.... It does not mean that everything in life is relative."
"I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve."
"The role that Cuba played and the lives of those 2,077 Cubans, whose mothers and families mourn for having lost their children in Africa, helped achieve the true security and independence of Angola. It was a contribution because in the end the Angolan people were the ones who decided that. We also contributed in a definitive way securing the independence of Namibia after years that a United Nations resolution was being ignored by South Africa and the western powers."
