#dre

For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids. ↗

— David Duchovny

#entertainment #form #grown-ups #hundreds #kids

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. ↗

— Alex Haley

#grandparents #little #little children #lives #nobody

For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting Tchaikovsky a lot and Beethoven, but Mahler was different. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#beethoven #children #conducting #day #different

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 kid, I dreamed about being onstage. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#being #dreamed #i #kid #onstage

I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#bravery #dignity #ground #having #hit

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

I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #never #perfection #place #way

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