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Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't.

~Elle Macpherson

Topics: About Better Child Doing Feel Focus Focusing Great Hair Know Look Makes Me Myself Nicely Reading Story Try Uncomfortable Way I Feel

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When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

~Ellen Barkin

Topics: Baby Child Desperately Gives Kind Looking Love Mother She Unconditional Unconditional Love Wants

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I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent?

~Ellen Barkin

Topics: Child Committed Couple Curious Fit Income Just Loving More Parent Raise Really Same-Sex Skills Unmarried

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There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted.

~Ellen Burstyn

Topics: Abuse Child Child Abuse Children Could Owned Parents Thing Wanted Whatever

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Dolls fire our collective imagination, for better and - too often - for worse. From life-size dolls the same height as the little girls who carry them, to dolls whose long hair can 'grow' longer, to Barbie and her fashionable sisters, dolls do double duty as child's play and the focus of adult art and adult fear.

~Ellen Datlow

Topics: Adult Art Barbie Better Carry Child Collective Dolls Double Duty Fashionable Fear Fire Focus Girl Grow Hair Height Her Imagination Little Little Girls Long Long Hair Longer Often Our Play Same Sisters Them Too Who Whose Worse

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People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.

~Ellen Degeneres

Topics: Accountant Always Ask Child Funny Me People Well Were You

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Even before I knew I was gay, I knew I didn't want to have a child. I knew I didn't want to have one. I never want to have to release it from me. Listen, I love babies. I love children. And I melt when I'm around them. I also love my freedom and I love that I can sleep at night.

~Ellen Degeneres

Topics: Also Around Babies Before Child Children Even Freedom Gay Knew Listen Love Me Melt Never Night Release Sleep Them Want I Love I Can

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Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God.

~Ellen G. White

Topics: Becomes Believing Child Connecting Effort Faith Favor Gain God Hopeful Idea Jesus Make Many Must Only Order Sinner Some Through Vague Vain Wonderful

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It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

~Ellen G. White

Topics: Child Christ Fellowship God Great Great Thing Jesus Jesus Christ Know Privilege Sufferings Thing Will You Your

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Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

~Ellen G. White

Topics: Bend Child Control Else Expect Firmness Nothing Over Own Parents Perfect Shall Should Spirits Until Will Wishes Yield

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