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Judd Nelson Actor
Kids

"It's more like the inner workings of John Bender. He feels like he's been given a short shrift, he's not been provided the opportunities that maybe these other kids have. So he feels like he begins in a hole. And instead of trying to raise himself up, he wants to bring all of them down. That's a dynamic that's pretty universal. And so that was the real foothold on that. It wasn't like, "Oh, my high school experience is like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire].""

Real Kids School
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Melanie Brown Singer
Kids

"Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a working class family in Leeds and when it comes to money both my parents worked hard and instilled the same attitude into me."

Kids Attitude Class
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Kids

"I am not asking anyone to take the fun out of childhood. As we all know, treats are one of the best parts of being a kid. Instead, the goal here is to empower parents instead of undermining them as they try to make healthier choices for their families."

Kids Fun Goal
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Kids

"Since we started the Let's Move! initiative, I've been looking for as many ways as possible to help families and kids lead healthier lives. And I've come to realize that if we were going to take just one step to make ourselves and our families healthier, probably the single best thing we could do is to simply drink more water. It's as simple as that. Drink more water."

Children Moving Kids
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Kids

"We have to make sure that our kids still feel good about themselves no matter what their weight, no matter how they feel. We need to make sure that our kids know that we love them no matter who they are, what they look like, what they're eating."

Needs Kids Feel Good
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Kids

"It should be fun introducing kids to fruits and vegetables. If you start young, it will be something that they'll attach to really quickly."

Kids Fun Vegetables
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Mike Tyson Professional Boxer
Kids

"This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. Evander Holyfield butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me."

Children Kids Careers
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Mike Tyson Professional Boxer
Kids

"I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, "You'd better fight." My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid."

Kids Mother Fighting
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Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator
Kids

"They're talking about kids who have grand mal seizures, and they've discovered that marijuana eases that down to where these children can have a life. That right there, to me, says, 'Legalize it across the board!'"

Children Kids Marijuana
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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
Kids

"I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble."

Needs Kids Goal
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Melinda Gates Philanthropist, businesswoman
Kids

"Childbearing, I mean, if there's no place to go to deliver your baby, then you're the one that's delivering in those unhealthy circumstances. Or if you can't get access to family planning, your chances of surviving and being able to bring your kids up if they come one right after the other, that locks you into a cycle of poverty."

Mean Kids Baby
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Lisa Gardner Author
Kids

"Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it."

Needs Kids Disease
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Barack Obama Politician
Kids

"Basically, I am a night owl. My wife is an early bird, so she goes to bed around 9:30, and my kids are in bed about 8. So, if I am home, I will usually start writing about 9:30 and go till about 12:30 or 1:30, depending on what my energy level is."

Writing Home Kids
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Barack Obama Politician
Kids

"If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make sure that the society as a whole does right by people who are poor, are working class, are aspiring to a better life for their kids."

People Kids Class
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