"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval."

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Source : Phil Donahue (1979). “My own story, Donahue”

Phil Donahue

#Children Quotes #Parent Quotes #Important Quotes

“Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn't have jobs, otherwise. But it's phony, you know.”
“Consistency is better than perfection. We can all be consistent-perf ection is impossible.”
“Sometimes I screw up in the game, I miss a shot or I miss a rebound, and I fight myself. I am like, 'Why I miss that shot? Come on, what are you doing?' I am fighting myself.”
“You must channel your energy towards what you love, for what you love is the foundation of your life.”
“Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?”
“I never thought I'd have a daughter.”
“Fathers, I do not practice. I'm not religious in life, but when I perform "The Creation of the World" and when my soul is touched by the confrontation of "Good and Evil", then God enters in me.”

Source : The Lantern Interview, April 5, 2001.
“When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing.”

Source : "Charles K. Kao" by Jim Erickson and Yulanda Chung, www.cnn.com.

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