I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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