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  • As a kid, I wasn't given the sense that celebrity, or fame, or any of that, was something to be impressed by, or to seek out. It was always impressed upon me that making something well crafted, something respected, was the most important thing to do with your life, and I've tried to do that where I can in my field.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adria Petty Quotes , Kids Quotes , Important Quotes
  • Our system works. Over time, people will live better and better. We have a system that unleashes human potential, and now China has a system that unleashes human potential. We will have interruptions. We overshoot and undershoot sometimes, but your kids and grandkids will live better than you. Over time, we move ahead at a pretty damn rapid rate.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Moving Quotes , Kids Quotes
  • I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it has become so accepted now, and somebody said, 'You know the Oprah show, I think has had a big impact.'" I said, I don't think so. We did several transgender [shows], but we didn't do as much for transgender as I did for, say, abused kids or battered women. And they said, "But no, you started the conversation. You started the conversation and the conversation has led us to here."
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oprah Winfrey Quotes , Kids Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oprah Winfrey Quotes , School Quotes , Kids Quotes
  • My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace by seeing very concretely our kids doing better and being more hopeful and having greater opportunities.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Moving Quotes , Kids Quotes
  • It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every kid is getting a good education, and people are getting living wages, and they have decent retirement.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Retirement Quotes , Kids Quotes
  • When you live from freelance check to freelance check, your mind is always on "What's the next piece I'm going to write, or draw, that'll pay this month's rent?" And so going out to play ball with my kids was a low priority.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al Jaffee Quotes , Writing Quotes , Kids Quotes