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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.

~Ferran Adria

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If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.

~Ferran Adria

Topics: Child Childhood Children Connection Cook Cooking Early Eat Food Give Go He His Involved Kind Life Lives Meals Normal Play Plays Preparation Rest Sport Them Then Up Will

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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

~Flea

Topics: Childhood Father Gone He Him Life My Life Old Out Pretty Rest See Years Young

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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.

~Flip Wilson

Topics: Abc Birthday Box Childhood Ever Fact First Gave Got Happiest He In Fact Interest Me Memory Polish Presents Reform School Shoe Teacher Took

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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.

~Fran Drescher

Topics: Childhood Great Great People Growing Growing Up Had Happy Happy Childhood People Place Provincial Queens Small Up

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The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Also Array Childhood Communities Diabetes Diverse Gabriel Highest Obesity Open Open Space Rates Rich San Some Space Starved State Stretching Valley

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I never had any childhood, for the word means sunshine and freedom from care. I had a starved and pinched little childhood, as far as love and merriment go.

~Frank Leslie

Topics: Any As Far As Care Childhood Far Freedom Freedom From Go Had Little Love Means Never Starved Sunshine Word

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My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

~Frank Mccourt

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When I first went up to see my editor, I was with my agent, and my editor said, 'Well, what have you been doing all these years?' And my agent said, 'He's been in recovery. From his childhood.'

~Frank Mccourt

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The happy childhood is hardly worth your while.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Childhood Happy Happy Childhood Hardly While Worth Your

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