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Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter) — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
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I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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It is a remarkable fact, a scientific fact, that the healthiest children come from the happiest mothers. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
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