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Theologian

“Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable energy in "clowning around." They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental.”

Children Family Irritation

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Albert Schweitzer

Philosopher, Theologian

“Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.”

Family Witty Long Distance Relationship

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Denzel Washington

Actor, Director

“My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.”

Life Success

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Cat Stevens

Singer-songwriter

“From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.”

Moments Family

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Douglas Adams

Writer, Humorist

“Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.”

Funny Food Family

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Anais Nin

Writer, Diarist

“Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.”

Compassion Family

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Angelina Jolie

Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian

“Family is what grounds you.”

Family

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Angelina Jolie

Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian

“First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.”

Children Teaching Family

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William James

Philosopher, Psychologist

“A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.”

Men Family Power

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Soren Kierkegaard

Philosopher, Theologian

“Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.”

Work Roots

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Robert Frost

Poet

“Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.”

Family Breakup

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Thomas Jefferson

Politician, Founding Father

“The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.”

Heaven Family Being Thankful

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