2892 Child Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was, like, a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair. Natalie Portman

I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in. Natalie Wood

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I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old. Natasha Lyonne

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I overheard things in the Woolworths when I was a child, people saying, 'Oh, poor, little thing,' as if they had some understanding that I was being born biracial into a world that was still very difficult for interracial marriages and biracial children. Natasha Trethewey

My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write. Natasha Trethewey

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The books that stuck with me most as a child were 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Dracula', 'Hatchet', 'Bunnicula', 'White Fang', and this YA/kids' book called 'Nobody's Fault' where a kid drowns one weekend as friends play around a flooded ditch. Nate Powell

I'm a child of the Earth, postcode unknown. Nathan Phillips

Unknown Earth Child

Family is hugely important to me, because like I said, it takes a village to raise a child. That's my theme. That's how I really feel about life. Naturi Naughton

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When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion. Naveen Jain

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I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child. Neal Barnard

We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every child is a scientist. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause. Nell Newman

The other kids wanted to play Destiny's Child, but I wanted Anita O'Day. Nellie McKay

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I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything. Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy. Neon Hitch

I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it. Nia Long

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I have a friend who does everything, travels all over the world, goes everywhere, and he says that no matter where in the world he's been, it never gets any better than having a child. Nia Peeples

I'm not proud of this, but I had a lot of misconceptions about American foster care. To me, foster care meant that a child would be placed with you, then taken away. I didn't want to go through all of that. Nia Vardalos

I was worried if you adopted a foster child, someone from the birth family could still come and take her back. I was afraid that any child in foster care might have suffered such trauma or neglect that she would be impossible to reach. I'm not proud of these fears. But I understand now when others ask me the same questions. Nia Vardalos

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My favorite part of any playdate comes later when I get to carry my exhausted and sleeping daughter to the car. Is there anything more trusting than a sleeping child completely and utterly leaning into your body? Nia Vardalos

I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors. I'm always so appreciative that this has happened for me - and against all odds - as a middle child from Canada. I'm very grateful. Nia Vardalos

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My husband is an only child of only child parents. Nia Vardalos

Husband Parents Only Only Child Child

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons. Nicholas Hoult

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You no more have the right to risk others by failing to vaccinate than you do by sending your child to school with a hunting knife. Vaccination isn't a private choice but a civic obligation. Nicholas Kristof

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