I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.
I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool.
I was not an attractive child. When I didn't use my Girl Scouts uniform as a uniform, I used it as a tent.
I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.
Heartbreak comes in different sizes, and the departure of an 18-year-old child for a far college has to be treated as a very benign form of the disease.
I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it.
For every idea that's been done to DEATH, there's a child being BORN who hasn't read it yet. Don't kill your dragons.
There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.
You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.
Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well.
Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.
It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.
I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.
(A middle-class child's) parents didn't just give him money. They passed down habits, knowledge, and cognitive traits.
Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.
When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt.
That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.
Living on the Gulf Coast, we often have to go through dangerous situations, whether you're a child, an adult or a senior citizen.
