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![“~I'm not someone who [lives] like, 'OK, this is a museum and you can't sit here and you can't touch this and everything has to be put in its place - [the kids] live here as much as we do. You come into our house and a giant elephant and lion are welcoming you. We have toys and things everywhere.~” quote by Heidi Klum](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/459/heidi-klum-2036_elephants_i-m-not-someone-who-lives-like-ok-this-i_1369268.png)
![“[My father] was also a lawyer in his bank and specialized in tax law. He would have to do the tax returns for all the Harvard profs because they were buffaloed by that kind of reasoning. Professors in the economics department, even they knew nothing about it.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2c6/paul-laffoley-7077_department_my-father-was-also-a-lawyer-in-his-bank_1083145.jpg)
