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A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child. (Bill Cosby)
You can not make everybody happy. View quote
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You are more important to yourself than you think you are. View quote
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If you have no faith, you've lost your battle. View quote
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But if that's what you want to be, that's what you will be - as long as you study. View quote
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Fatherhood is asking your son to make up a name rather than tell anybody who he is. View quote
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We go out of our way to make people so different, ... to punish them because of color, because of sex, because of size, and the game starts. View quote
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Laughter brings out the child in all of us. View quote
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Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you. View quote
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I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos. View quote
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Did you ever see the customers in health-food stores They are pale, skinny people who look half dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific. (Bill Cosby)
I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can. View quote
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If you have a question about anything, the answer can be found in a book somewhere in the library. View quote
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My wife was a beautiful woman before we had children. View quote
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Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries. View quote
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A child who is disciplined will be more obedient and also more organized as a student. View quote
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I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter miler, who's son now says, Dad, I just can't run the quarter with you anymore unless I bring something to read. View quote
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The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded. View quote
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Some authority on parenting once said, Hold them very close and then let them go. This is the hardest truth for a father to learn that his children are continuously growing up and moving away from him (until, of course, they move back in). View quote
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Anyone who has brought up children knows that consistency has absolutely nothing to do with discipline. View quote
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Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli. (Bill Cosby)
Fatherhood is helping your children learn English as a foreign language. View quote
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If you know two languages, the level of your intelligence is multiplied a hundredfold in other people's eyes. View quote
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We parents ask dumb questions, therefore we get dumb answers. View quote
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If you listen carefully to what a child is saying to you, you'll see that he has a point to make. So I listen. And I answer them just as seriously as possible. And if I don't know the answer, I'll tell them I don't know. View quote
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