Quotes with up-their-own-butt

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  • Bridget Riley Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.
    Bridget Riley
    English painter (1931 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • D. J. Hicks Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be paranoid too.
    D. J. Hicks
     
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  • Anthony Powell Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
    Anthony Powell
    English novelist (1905 - 2000)
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  • Samuel Johnson Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Anthony Powell Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
    Anthony Powell
    English novelist (1905 - 2000)
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  • Peter Ustinov Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.
    Peter Ustinov
    British actor, writer, director (1921 - 2004)
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  • Peter Ustinov Parents are the bones upon which children sharpen their teeth.
    Peter Ustinov
    British actor, writer, director (1921 - 2004)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Anne Frank Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Beeban Kidron Parents cannot be in the same physical space as their children at all times.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Barbara Delinsky Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
    Barbara Delinsky
    American writer (1945 - )
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  • Pat Buchanan Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.
    Pat Buchanan
    American politician author and columnist (1938 - )
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  • Muriel Spark Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
    Muriel Spark
    British writer (1918 - 2006)
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  • George Santayana Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Barbara Walters Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Campbell Brown Parents should be allowed to choose which cable or satellite channels - sources of the most extreme content - come into their homes.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Bill Bixby Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why.
    Bill Bixby
    American actor, director and producer (1934 - 1993)
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  • Barbara Mikulski Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Bob Parsons Parents will purchase the dot-com name for their baby. We have been aware of some instances where somebody didn't name their child a particular name because the dot-com wasn't available.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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