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title: "10 Children Asked Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“playing at the entrance of the hut. “Whose children are these?” he asked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/playing-at-the-entrance-of-the-hut-whose-children-are-these-he-asked/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

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> [Do you have children? she asked. No. Why? The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-you-have-children-she-asked-no-why-the-man-answered-that-one-had/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I'd like more children. I asked the doctor, she said there's still time. I still have the sippy cups.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uma-thurman/i-d-like-more-children-i-asked-the-doctor-she-said-there-s-still-time/)

[Uma Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uma-thurman/)

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> [I recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-shraya/i-recently-did-a-reading-at-an-elementary-school-in-ottawa-and-one-of/)

[Vivek Shraya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-shraya/)

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> [“Sometimes the children asked Eddie to lift them over his head, and when Eddie complied, he saw the mothers' sad smiles: He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sometimes-the-children-asked-eddie-to-lift-them-over-his-head-and/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/there-is-a-human-longing-to-go-back-to-other-times-we-all-know-how/)

[David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/david-mccullough-1091_children_there-is-a-human-longing-to-go-back-to-o_1418805.png)

> [My children have often asked me why I never received a Nobel Prize. I used to tell them it was because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-m-lederman/my-children-have-often-asked-me-why-i-never-received-a-nobel-prize-i/)

[Leon M. Lederman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-m-lederman/)

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> [“I'm not sure if I'm ready to have children. I asked a friend of mine who has children, "Suppose I do have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-chiang/i-m-not-sure-if-i-m-ready-to-have-children-i-asked-a-friend-of-mine/)

[Ted Chiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-chiang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/ted-chiang-11432_children_i-m-not-sure-if-i-m-ready-to-have-childr_2133013.jpg)

> [ Far more often \[than asking the question 'Is it true?'\] they \[children\] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/far-more-often-than-asking-the-question-is-it-true-they-children-have/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/like-all-xhosa-children-i-acquired-knowledge-mainly-through/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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