1039 Childhood Quotes for You to Enjoy

For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years, I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction. Marcia Clark

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Can you imagine, I lost my mother at age six? My childhood ended then. Marco Pierre White

You Age Mother Lost Ended Childhood Six Then Imagine

Childhood nutrition and healthy eating is a cause that is extremely close to my heart. Marcus Samuelsson

Heart Cause Healthy Nutrition Extremely Eating Close Childhood

There's this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play - at the age of 18 or 21, they are then thrust into the real world and shown its uglier side, but not before. Margo Lanagan

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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility. Maria Callas

Age Wonderful Law Too Much Responsibility Forcing Too Must Given Perform Wonderful Childhood Childhood Children Against Much Should Early Early Age

It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special. Marie-Chantal Claire

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Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world. Mariella Frostrup

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We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind. Mariella Frostrup

Emotions Leave Childhood Behind Endure Muddle Naturally Programmed

Winning the cannon was a childhood dream. Mario Gomez

Dream Winning Childhood Childhood Dream Cannon

It was a very well-rounded childhood with lots of different opportunities. My mom will say she set out to overstimulate me - surround me with way too many things and let me pick. As a result, I've always been a multitasker; I've always liked a lot of variety. Marissa Mayer

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Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried. Marjane Satrapi

Tears Cried Dilemma Would Had Well Greatest Go Normal Normal Childhood Childhood Loved Whether Preferred Much

Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example, from 'The Wizard of Oz;' or Laura Ingalls and her sisters in the 'Little House on the Prairie' novels. Marjorie Liu

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My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he never knew who his father was. So he had a very different attitude to family and kids. I don't have any issues. I'm not suffering some secret angst. Mark Billingham

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If, during childhood, you were fortunate to have a parent who drilled into you, 'You can be anything you want to be if you try hard enough at it,' and then supported you in actions, that is something you take with you all your life. Mark Goulston

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Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses. Mark Haddon

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Video games and outdoor sports - that was my childhood. Mark Pincus

Video Games Sports Outdoor Childhood Video Games

What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. Martha Beck

Sex Laughter Adolescence Childhood

An awful lot of people have childhood memories of holidays in Cornwall, and the holidays are old-fashioned and hugely successful. You stick a child and a dog on one of the beaches, and they just light up; they just love it. Martin Clunes

If the point of the inner-child movement is to cure adult problems, it doesn't work. Reliving childhood traumas gives you a nice afterglow, but it lasts only for hours or days. There is no evidence it changes adult problems. Martin Seligman

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The origins of my career as a peace mediator can be found from my childhood years. I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, I became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland. Martti Ahtisaari

Peace Rest Country Lost City Born Attacked Finland Part Along Fellow Became Still Years Person Soviet Soviet Union Childhood Eternally Then Union Displaced Found Mediator Origins Career

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