"My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything - for a while."

-- Lincoln Steffens

#Father Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.”
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”
“Do you remember the last thing you said to me? The last thing you did to me? And what was the last thing I said to you? Because trust me when I said it I knew it was the last thing Iâ€™d ever say.”
“In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.”
“When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.”
“And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.”

Source : Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.
“I don't like things to be the same. I like things to evolve.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information.”

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