#chi

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#child #daddy #done #god #head

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#barely #children #i #more #my own

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#aretha #aretha franklin #child #depressed #franklin

You can't really achieve anything in three years. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#anything #really #three #years #you

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#children #day #extra #family #had

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#care #child #education #finish #getting

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#money #people #reason #teaching

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#does #education #how #intelligent #little

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#better #children #communities #demonstrate #drop

Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me. ↗

— Michael Clarke Duncan

#actor #chicago #elementary #elementary school #funny