"Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging."
"There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your kids are only happy when you're buying them stuff. It's hard being a parent, but I laugh a lot and smile a lot and really enjoy it. The ratio of laughter to sadness is higher. There's part of me that wants to broadcast that. Parenting only affirmed what I already cared about, and that's good."
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Source: Seeking a 'Better' world. San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 9, 2005.
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