"The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated."
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"IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE"
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"I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love."
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"She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them."
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"In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents."
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"I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man."
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"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."
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"...the pretense is made, as it has been made in relation to the finding of any extension of truth, that to do away with right and wrong would produce uncivilized people, immorality, lawlessness and social chaos. The fact is that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respected people have escaped from moral chains and are able to think freely."
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"The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants."
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"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."
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"I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others."
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"It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of the learning experience lies not in the particular words of the story but in the involvement with the individual reading it."
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"My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer-but it was because of what my grandfather did to him."
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"As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there."
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"I have a great family, I live an amazing life."
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"My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze."
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"If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others."
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"The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it's very cumbersome to switch to a different family."
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"Many a family tree needs trimming"
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"Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well."
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