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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.


Michel de Montaigne

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LAURIE STEVENS I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain br...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, ... In Cambodia, children sh...
LOUNG UNG There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.
BERNADINE DOHRN We found that frequent snoring at age 1 is as prevalent as that reported in school-age children. Par...
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DR MANINDER KALRA Head and neck injuries are what parents thinking about letting their children play tackle football s...
PETER BERG I have spend a lot of time on everything and what's impresses me about people I have written that in...
DEYTH BANGER As parents, Senator and Mister Hutchison decided that as their children near school age, they should...
CHRIS PAULITZ People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
ALAN KAY Parents are looking for options that allow kids to incorporate physical activity into their play -- ...
CHRIS BYRNE Their minds are focused one way, instead of focusing on both the sport and with class. During practi...
AMBER MCFEELY Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Our assessment has shown that State Residences have not submitted their returns since July and that ...
MABVUTO BAMUSI It is right that the interests of donor-conceived children should be first and foremost, and that do...
CAROLINE FLINT Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterpa...
MARK HADDON Parents should always kiss their children good night, and children should always make sure that thei...
EMANOUHL It's better to be talking to your children all along than when it's too late. Parents should just ca...
ELIZABETH MOORE We're comfortable where we are and it should be parents who are making the decision as to what's in ...
CHARLES CARRIER Children should be taught in school that you should have all kinds of asset classes in your portfoli...
ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
KATE DICAMILLO Thankfully, the farmers understand my request that the children not be allowed to peer through the w...
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CHRIS HENDERSON We've said more than once that ... the Syrians should be more serious about controlling their border...
IBRAHIM JAAFARI The problem is that most male adolescents don't have discussions about reproductive health-care issu...
CYNTHIA ROSENGARD We believe it may be because parents who perceive their neighborhoods as unsafe do not allow their c...
DR. JULIE LUMENG People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.
JOE BIDEN People who think literature should be Serious—should serve as a blueprint for a rocket that will n...
GARY SHTEYNGART The NCAA and universities should not be in the business of marketing a product that is the leading c...
DEAN SMITH This may not be the most beautiful building at Charles de Gaulle. But practical things can have thei...
HUBERT FONTANEL Your children should not have to act appropriately so that you can feel like a valuable person. It i...
JEFF VANVONDEREN It should be a spectacle. Both teams have plenty to play for and are positive in their approach.
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JOSEPH ANTHONY Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They ...
F. SIONIL JOSE As long as we remember the stadium doesn't play the games, we should be all right.
ALEXI LALAS Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.
GRACE SLICK I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role th...
WILL SMITH The solid hiring activity seen in the first quarter should expand slightly. Employers are telling us...
LORI PROCHER Children should neither be seen nor heard from - ever again.
Children should neither be seen or heard from -- ever again.
W. C. FIELDS They should speak to their sponsors and tell them that every fourth year they will be playing in Sou...
GERALD MAJOLA The Renaissance scholar Michel de Montaigne said, 'there is little less trouble in governing a priva...
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DEYTH BANGER If parents want “success stories” to share at gatherings they should provide themselves with tho...
LUKASZ LANIECKI It should be noted that our new Mexican plant will be built near customer assembly plants in Mexico....
FRANK MUELLER We have to be aware of the spoiler, we have got to come out and play our game. These teams aren't in...
DAVID LEGWAND Health-care decisions should be made by women, with their doctors and families -- not politicians. L...
CECILE RICHARDS Children should grow up to be aware of what’s really going on in this world, how people are being ...
ANGELINA JOLIE She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done f...
VERONICA ROTH Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about thei...
CARROLL BRYANT Once you've transformed euthanasia into a medical treatment, there's no logical way you can say that...
RITA MARKER ...The life of the parents is the only thing that makes good children. Parents should be very patien...
ELDER PORPHYRIOS I tell our customers that their goal should be to get their wired networks as secure as their wirele...
ALEX THURBER When I entered the monastery I wanted to be alone. Now I believe that men should worry about the wor...
FRANCO NERO All children should be encouraged to love and respect animals.. Not turn a blind eye to their suffer...
MANGO WODZAK I believe that humans should have the right to choose who to spend their lives with, and subsequentl...
ANONYMOUS Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.
BERT LANCE It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE As long as our kids can focus on playing their games and not worry about what everybody else is shoo...
CAL HUBBARD Greatness is inspiring others to be their best.
KEN POIROT The greats should not be blamed for their greatness for they are tortured to be.
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GEORGE MICHAEL The crisis of diesel should not be seen as scanty stock.
MAHMUDUR RAHMAN Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be! -...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES This is a serious problem that should not be left unchecked,
GERARD KENNEDY Patients should know what their blood pressure is. If they have a diagnosis of high blood pressure, ...
MELLY TURNER I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunat...
JULIAN SCHNABEL It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should ...
JOEL SILVER What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child ...
DAVID ARCHER Our standard says that's the minimum of how often children should be seen.
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MARTIN REES It’s entirely on our children to build their best futures. Not on us, parents. And we should be im...
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DARREN ARONOFSKY We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT People should not be forced out their homes at the will of any private development,
KIT BOND 'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so. - Michael Eyquen de Montaigne,
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MARIA CALLAS I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people...
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN Their performance has been duly noted. They are an easy target and I'm not going to be drawn on that...
GLYN TAYLOR Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christma...
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JAMES LANKFORD Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
WILLIAM PENN Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done
GORDON HEWART In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that ar...
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MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dis...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most s...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more ...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate ...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Malice sucks up the greater part of her own venom, and poisons herself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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