What the vast majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.
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Related You know what Marshall needs to do. He needs to stop being sad. When I get sad, I stop being sad, an... BARNEY STINSON There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do ... ORSON SCOTT CARD If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. NORMAN DOUGLAS Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Take today and stop working so hard at being someone else. For the greatness of being you is that no... SUSIE L HILL What's good about talking about being victimized is that it is the beginning of being able to st... TERI HATCHER Where do you stop it? When do you start taking DNA? For what crime? And for what non-crime? Um, they... BRUCE POSTON The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave ARAVIND ADIGA You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman. ELDRIDGE CLEAVER You can stop speaking to someone, but you cannot stop being related. VIKRANT PARSAI Children being involved with journalism can become conscious about their rights which is a must to s... PROF AAMS AREFIN SIDDIQUE Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat. JAMIE OLIVER You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman... ELDRIDGE CLEAVER Do you ever stop being so serious and dull?" "Do you ever stop being such a prick?" I snapped b... SARAH J. MAAS Don't hate the bullies. Experience tells me that hating them, or being angry with them, will always ... DAN PEARCE What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a ... JOSE SARAMAGO You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way. HALIMA ADEN when you stop chasing wrong people you start being better than them GOLDEN MASHEGO A man, who needs you, will not come to visit you in the middle of the night. If he is there, definit... M.F. MOONZAJER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop ... FELIPE ALOU A jealous person will tell you that you should not be happy all the time, a successful person will t... KISHAN S CHAUHAN We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER To lovers out there.... If he tells you “ Stop working, stop studying, stop dreaming, s... DE PHILOSOPHER DJ KYOS Great News! If you quit being cunty the whole world will stop being against you! SARAH SILVERMAN I want you to promise me that you'll stop comparing yourself to everyone else.' 'What?' I brok... HOLLY BOURNE To be productive, you have to stop being absent-minded SUNDAY ADELAJA You must not hate those who do harmful things. The compassionate thing is to do what you can to stop... DALAI LAMA XIV Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop ... CONOR OBERST Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they... ALAN WATTS The situation was what it was. It didn't cause me to stop being friends with him. GLENN KROLL Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO Clean up your life. Stop being negative. Stop lying. Stop cheating. Detox your karma. Start living h... NERISSA IRVING It's right there at your fingertips, anytime you want it. We have our genes being given this feast. ... DEAN JAMISON You made them hate me." Said Ender "So? What will you do about it? Crawl in a corner? Start kis... ORSON SCOTT CARD You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility ... MARY OLIVER You must never stop being whimsical. MARY OLIVER It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian. VICTORIA JACKSON Stop talking the moment when you find that you are not being heard. VIKRANT PARSAI Worries do not take take away trouble of tomorrow, it takes away peace of today. To make your life w... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself... CHARLES YU Will you stop being cute? Your nose is smudging the window. My god, you’re worse than a puppy, C.L. STONE My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband... TASHA SMITH Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. RICHARD BACH Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wan... NICHOLAS SPARKS You should encourage a child to show off. You can say to a child, 'Stop being rude,' 'St... CHARLES DANCE Well, everything with being vegan and vegetarian is a really big commitment. You have to do what you... LEA MICHELE Stop being an adrenaline junkie who is waiting for the happy ending instead of seeing the happy bein... ANDREA T. GOEGLEIN Stop waiting for what you want, and start working what you have. This can turn your greatest frustra... STEVEN FURTICK The world has become spoiled with negative people, but being negative does not stop them from being ... JECON B. NADELA How much blood will it take to make them stop? How many more children must die? BROM If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheim... DEVDUTT PATTANAIK See the world for what it is. BEAUTIFUL! ANTHONY T. HINCKS When rules are not obeyed by us we stop being human. SUNDAY ADELAJA Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit. NORA SAKAVIC Maybe that's it, [...] [w]ith what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it i... DAVID LEVITHAN Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends. ~WALT DISNEY What are you prepared to give for your dream? If it is not everything...stop pipe dreaming. T.F. HODGE Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. EVE ENSLER Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do.' ... 'Small children kn... FRANK HERBERT Anybody can learn to think, or believe, or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel.... E.E. CUMMINGS You can never stop being a teacher. It is the core responsibility of a leader. ALEX MALLEY Hopefully, being out of school will stop the transmission. DOUG SCHULTZ A great challenge for parents is how to prepare themselves for being successful in advising children... ERALDO BANOVAC What realism! Knew when to stop, too — didn’t cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you e... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Advocating for your child is not always an easy road. It is a very worthwhile one. And [when] you st... DIANE E. INBODY Release is not the same as liberation. You get out of jail, all right, but you never stop being cond... VICTOR HUGO When human beings stop progressing at an endeavor, they stop enjoying it and move on to something el... JAY MOHR The game is such once you stop (running), you can't start again. You can't fault him for being aggre... DAVE TREMBLEY Everybody made such a big deal about them being the top rushing team in the [conference] and that we... RALPH FRIEDGEN I'm very thankful. When you walk through the Wal-Marts and you see the missing children, do you real... MARSHA THOMSEN I really couldn't sit back and do nothing. As long as innocent people are being tortured and killed,... ARIELLE WISOTSKY The challenge down there in South Bend is that they've got this quaint, beautiful little town, and a... CHUCK MAPLES You can't stop disasters from happening, but you can stop your bad reaction to them. JIM GENOVESE There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that i... EDITH WHARTON What we give them is the equivalent of a catered experience of being in a band. DON MOORE What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love? E. LOCKHART EPIPHANY Do you think you love your children better than He who made them? Is not your love what ... GEORGE MACDONALD Stop being chained down by bad credit I have the key to set you free... TYLER GREGORY Stop worrying about being that perfect person because no one is perfect. Put your focus on being tha... JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT You can grow up without having to conform, stop going to shows, stop having a record collection, sta... JOHNNY MARR If you hope for a change in your life stop doing what you use to do before, look inwardly, re-examin... SUNDAY ADELAJA I do not believe we can stop them, Samori, because they must ultimately stop themselves. And still I... TA-NEHISI COATES Anyone that hits anything, you would know that you've hit something. You need to stop and at least c... BETTY SCHWAB To make life vibrant & full of adventure, take chances. Sometimes you have to stop being scared & ju... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, t... MARK BITTMAN Dont let the fear of not pleasing someone stop you from being creative. WIL WHEATON I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to st... IYANLA VANZANT Everything is a theory and you are blind to comprehend it, and reality is nothing but an illusion. ANONYMOUS BEING It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them. SHANNON L. ALDER Sometimes you need this. It's tough, but now we can stop talking about 13-0 and start talking about ... CARNELL WILLIAMS It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those thing... ALEX LIFESON Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in percept... GILLIAN ANDERSON After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great. DONNA TARTT If we can stop that phase (passing) of their offense, they'll have to run the ball. We can make them... DAN KRATZER don't stop being brilliant. JENNIFER ANISTON As soon as you stop being yourself you become anybody. JEFFREY BENJAMIN
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ANN COULTER I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations t... ANN NOCENTI I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep. ANN WILSON Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love... ANN BRASHARES We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's... ANN ROMNEY You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for ... ANN POWERS If Donald Trump's candidacy has proven anything, it's that the media has no idea what Americ... ANN COULTER If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancer... ANN ROMNEY I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, b... ANN HOOD There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection. 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