#children

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

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If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure. ↗

— Yann Martel

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The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing. ↗

— Andrea Martin

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Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win. ↗

— Francis Maude

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But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

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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

#believe #children #every #firmly #gay

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. ↗

— Theresa May

#around #caring #children #disabled #elderly

I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

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I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don’t you think? ↗

— George Saunders

#life #love #parenthood #parenting #life