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"I've been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture. So I started to think about how to compare manga to contemporary art."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake."

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J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything."

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Jim Brown Football Player
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"I don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway."

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Al Lewis Actor
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"Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways."

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Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one."

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Rich Mullins Musician
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"It's just that for so many people that I know, Christianity's this matter of... it has everything to do with morals. Christianity is a religion about morals. And they will even talk about Jesus. And they will say kids need to know about Jesus so they won't smoke, drink, or dance, or go with girls that do, and all that kind of thing. And I kinda go, 'That's not why people need to know about Jesus. The only reason - The only possible excuse for talking about Jesus is because we need a Savior.'"

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Helen Wilson Politician
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"There's nothing better than online shopping in your PJ's with a glass of wine with the kids asleep!"

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Blanche Lincoln Politician
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"In rural areas of America, there is a growing increase in poverty, homelessness and hunger. You cannot separate these factors from domestic violence ?- a mother with three kids and no financial security is going to stiffen her lip and take the abuse, because not only does she have nowhere else to go, she has three children depending on her for survival."

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Sue Miller Author
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"Kids need to see that Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to us. And they need to know it can happen to them."

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Karen Brown Author
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"My mom used to say it doesn't matter how many kids you have... because one kid'll take up 100% of your time so more kids can't possibly take up more than 100% of your time."

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Peter Wright Author
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"As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment."

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