Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do.


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Based on what information Superintendent Ford gives us we will decide whether to charge them or rele...
DCP SHIELDS
As I speak, the office is preparing to interview them, but it will be premature of me to say that th...
DCP SHIELDS
These initiatives are designed to improve the quality of life of the residents, and give them the co...
DCP SHIELDS
Our inquiries will continue throughout today (yesterday) until tomorrow (today) and then we will mak...
DCP SHIELDS
Our location is where we need to be. We're close to the courts, we're close to the law firms. . . . ...
DENNIS SHIELDS
That's just not the appropriate venue for that, ... The appropriate venue for that is in front of Co...
DENNIS SHIELDS
cover up a reorganization.
DENNIS SHIELDS
I think that, tactically, to put it into the military term, you are looking at trying to make an imp...
DENNIS SHIELDS
I am interested in work that jumps boundaries, and that makes trouble. Part of me is comfortable wit...
DAVID SHIELDS
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to you...
MARK SHIELDS
Considering the relatively brief careers of professional athletes, teenagers who are good enough to ...
DAVID SHIELDS
Our lives aren't prepackaged along narrative lines and, therefore, by its very nature, reality-b...
DAVID SHIELDS
The ways in which I was obsessed with Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp 20 years ago is completely replicat...
DAVID SHIELDS
I hope readers will think that 'The Thing About Life' is beautifully patterned, a tapestry.
DAVID SHIELDS
I like having a paperback original. And until literature catches up with the culture - the violence,...
DAVID SHIELDS
Working with both of them has been just amazing because they're both so talented, and they're both s...
DALE SHIELDS
What I've tried to do with this cast is not give them a fish dinner but teach them how to fish.
DALE SHIELDS
Before, I took pictures and later wondered why. Now I take pictures, pick up brochures and save memo...
DANA SHIELDS
We instantly connect with each other. We see each others? pictures and share our lives.
DANA SHIELDS
I call it ?album-making? because all you have to do is put the pictures on and tell your story.
DANA SHIELDS
I used to feel that everything I know I learned through my lifelong struggle with stuttering; I now ...
DAVID SHIELDS
The 'Times' is understood to be almost the unofficial biographer of the country, in some str...
DAVID SHIELDS
All art is theft.
DAVID SHIELDS
Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the ...
DAVID SHIELDS
We are always doing maintenance and repairs on our lines, making sure everything is safe and in work...
GARY SHIELDS
We are very proud to be a part of the community here. Not only do we work with local businesses and ...
GARY SHIELDS
You get penalized if you don't have high taxes.
GARY SHIELDS
I think it'll be a wash out.
GARY SHIELDS
Here's the deal. I want people reading. We are professionals, and we need to be reading and studying...
GERALD SHIELDS
We had 20 presentations, and everyone had a chance to talk and ask questions about it. And out of th...
GERALD SHIELDS
We'll take a book like The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peo...
GERALD SHIELDS
It's more than just a book club. It's a way for me to invest in our people.
GERALD SHIELDS
Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.
CAROLYN SHIELDS
The needs change. Sometimes Scout camps that were once outside of town are swallowed up by sprawl, o...
GREGG SHIELDS
We are deeply concerned for every person affected by the heat, and we sincerely hope they are back o...
GREGG SHIELDS
We didn't have any hint of any criminality. This is accidental, and we're going to look into ways to...
GREGG SHIELDS
We recognize that a growing portion of our population isn't Caucasian and isn't suburban, A lot of t...
GREGG SHIELDS
Thank God he's found. The boy's safe, and that's what's important.
GREGG SHIELDS
The overriding concern is always safety.
GREGG SHIELDS
A tragedy,
FRANK SHIELDS
I think of the present digital/IT evolution happening in the global industry as the most exciting pe...
FRANK SHIELDS
Over the past five years in particular new websites have been popping up all over the world, selling...
FRANK SHIELDS
There are more film schools here than any other city, pumping out more aspiring filmmakers, and ther...
FRANK SHIELDS
There is no distribution outlet for young bloods to exhibit,
FRANK SHIELDS
This could sap thousands of dollars from schools that are already financially strapped to provide ed...
GREG SHIELDS
The whole thing is, you don't know what's going to happen.
GREG SHIELDS
I'm pretty sure at that time economically it was very painful because I don't think they had insuran...
ED SHIELDS
Front Street was just about completely flattened.
ED SHIELDS
It was a path that looks just about like the worst areas in New Orleans.
ED SHIELDS
I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature...
BROOKE SHIELDS
I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit ...
BROOKE SHIELDS
I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.
BROOKE SHIELDS