"Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that."
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"Children who were very truly pious in a Catholic childhood are apt to retain a nostalgia for the absolute."
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"I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through."
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"Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit."
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"You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see."
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"I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become involved in their life."
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"The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope."
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"Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad."
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"Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now."
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"Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice."
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"To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it."
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"There is no love. There's only love of men and women, love Of children, love of friends, of men, of God: Divine love, human love, parental love, Roughly discriminated for the rough."
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"Haven't you heard, though, About the ships where war has found them out At sea, about the towns where war has come Through opening clouds at night with droning speed Further o'erhead than all but stars and angels And children in the ships and in the towns?"
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"... War is for everyone, for children too. I wasn't going to tell you and I mustn't. The best way is to come uphill with me And have our fire and laugh and be afraid."
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"It comes down to a doubt about the wisdom Of having children after having had them, So there is nothing we can do about it But warn the children they perhaps should have none."
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"A name with meaning could bring up a child, Taking the child out of the parents' hands. Better a meaningless name, I should say, As leaving more to nature and happy chance. Name children some names and see what you do."
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"There are two great injustices that can befall a child. One is to punish him for something he didn't do. The other is to let him get away with doing something he knows is wrong."
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"Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not."
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"Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It’s just like becoming a child again"
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"The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure."
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