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I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Accents Always Child Even Get Growing Growing Up London Lot Me Meaning Picked Really Spent Time Trouble Up Used Without

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A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Appeal Appetite Appropriation Child Desire Lie New Ownership Possessions Status Toys Use

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The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Appeals Appetite Becomes Child Demand Familiar Jaded Makes New New One News Place Same Soon Tire Toy

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You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, 'Am I having fun?'

~Christopher Meloni

Topics: Always Am Ask Being Child Childish Childlike Fun Have Fun Having Having Fun Wants Without You Yourself

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We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

~Christopher Morley

Topics: Almost Almost Anything Anything Call Child Effort Habit Larger Mind Ours Perhaps Simply Small Take Than Without

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I was an only child, so I was very demanding. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I wasn't very pleasant.

~Christopher Plummer

Topics: Child Demanding Enjoyed Only Only Child Pleasant Thoroughly Very

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Whether we notice it or not, we spend our days negotiating for something: for our spouse to do more housework, a child to eat just three more bites or go to bed on time, an extended deadline on a project, a salary increase, a better rate on a vacation package.

~Christopher Voss

Topics: Bed Better Bites Child Days Deadline Eat Extended Go Housework Increase Just More Negotiating Notice Our Package Project Rate Salary Something Spend Spouse Three Time Vacation Whether

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I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

~Christopher Walken

Topics: Actor Child Child Actor Never Performer

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Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

~Christy Turlington

Topics: Been Child Discourage Environment Kids Likely More Order Parents Raised Should Smoke Smoker Smoking

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Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.

~Christy Turlington

Topics: Actual Anxiety Around Birth Child Could Daughter Felt Focused Health Hers However Idea Like Many Moms Most New Occur Over Potential Raising Risks

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