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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.


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BLAKE SHELTON That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.
PETER DE VRIES The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
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ELTON JOHN My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a n...
JOANNE WOODWARD I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all...
NASH GRIER I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philo...
PARKER YOUNG My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.
BILL KURTIS I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your...
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HELEN HUNT I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.
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JUAN PABLO GALAVIS I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in...
ENID BLYTON My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children.
MICHELE BACHMANN I'm not philosophically opposed to raising the retirement age... I accept the fact that I may ha...
BILL FLORES I'm very optimistic about the future. I'm just not optimistic about the skyscraper as a buil...
JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marria...
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EDDIE MARSAN I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a...
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RICHARD K. MORGAN I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. Bu...
CHRIS BROWN I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.
RICHIE SAMBORA Progress should never be impeded by a need to coddle adults who respond to the world as children.
KELLI JAE BAELI I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and think...
DANIEL KEYS MORAN I'm very pleased how my children have turned out.
CAROL VORDERMAN I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our da...
KURT ELLING I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that...
LANCE REDDICK I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.
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JACKIE KENNEDY I think I'm generally an upbeat person. Obviously I can get moody, but my whole philosophy is to...
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SCOTT MCCLELLAN I'm alive. I have my music; I have my children. I am the luckiest man.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.
CAITLIN MORAN I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
CANDACE BUSHNELL I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.
SAMMY HAGAR Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?
MARILYN MANSON I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout...
ERMA BOMBECK I'm not slick. I'm not polished. I think my strength is in reacting.
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ROSIE O'DONNELL I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.
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VIRGINIA POSTREL Each child is a unique person, so raise your child taking this fact into consideration.
ERALDO BANOVAC As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.
HILARY ROSEN Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?
MARILYN MANSON There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
ALEXANDER CHASE What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved...
GALEN ROWELL I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting...
CARL PALADINO The way children stretch time and the way adults forget that stretch could be one of the saddest dif...
CATHERINE LACEY He preferred smart questions to smart answers.
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HAROLD BISTLINE I've accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids' life and thei...
ALLEN IVERSON Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding any...
WALLACE SHAWN I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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WENDY E. LONG My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher.
JUSTIN BIEBER The philosophy is similar. They connect with adults and keep going through middle and high school.
JAYSON SAMUELS Adults are obsolete children.
DR. SEUSS (THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL) Adults are obsolete children.
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