Quotes with foster-children

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  • Armistead Maupin I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Anne Tyler I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • George Washington Carver I didn't make these discoveries... God has only worked through me to reveal to His children some of His wonderful providence.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Armstrong Williams I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I don't know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Jodie Foster I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.
    Jodie Foster
    American actress and filmmaker (born 1962) (1962 - )
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  • John Cleese I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship - such as children, or a conversation.
    John Cleese
    English actor, comedian and producer (1939 - )
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  • Ann Druyan I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • Bill Cosby I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.
    Bill Cosby on Fatherhood
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Martin Luther King I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation when they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Martin Luther King I have a dream, that one day my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by their character.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Bruce Rauner I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
    Bruce Rauner
    American businessman, philanthropist and politician (1956 - )
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  • Astrid Lindgren I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not something I would miss. Instead I have had an enormous ability to love my children and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren.
    Astrid Lindgren
    Swedish children's book and novelist (1907 - 2002)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my children and to loan the most important items for permanent display in suitable museums around the country.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • W. C. Fields I like children - fried.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Alex Haley I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Barbara Bush I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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