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We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.
Peter Singer
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In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
Steven Biko
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We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
Tryon Edwards
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I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be interested, no matter where we come from, or who our parents are. It's not my province; it's ours. These questions concern us all.
Anne Michaels
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When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
Asghar Farhadi
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Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.
Johnny Isakson
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
Ann Landers
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From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.
Dennis Prager
More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.
John Burroughs
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.
Bobby Knight
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Parents should be the most important examples for their children.


Christy Turlington
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Children need models rather than critics.


Joseph Joubert
More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.
Lee Haney
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
Foster Friess
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It is well past time for President Abbas to stand up and condemn all acts of violence, rather than encouraging violence by glorifying terrorists and teaching children to view Israelis as animals.
Ted Deutch
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Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything.
CeeLo Green
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Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.
Stephen Bayley
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The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.
James E. Faust
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
Barbara Walters