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Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. ↗

— William James

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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be. ↗

— Joan Jett

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Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother 'worked' at anything besides raising her children. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive. ↗

— Don Johnson

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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of peer pressure or the presence of drugs or violence lurking in too many of our schools today. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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