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title: "2 Foster Quotes By Rhea Perlman"
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> [Sometimes a child will get lucky and be placed with foster parents who are loving and supportive and who consider that child their own. But for many, that doesn't happen. Kids are moved around from home to home, to group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/sometimes-a-child-will-get-lucky-and-be-placed-with-foster-parents/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/rhea-perlman-28109_adult_sometimes-a-child-will-get-lucky-and-be_1652460.jpg)

> [The most important element of the foster care system is getting kids out of foster care and into a permanent placement so they don't have to spend their entire childhoods in courtrooms, wondering if they will ever have a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/the-most-important-element-of-the-foster-care-system-is-getting-kids/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/rhea-perlman-28109_call_the-most-important-element-of-the-foster_2891870.jpg)

## More by Rhea Perlman

> [The secret to success is to try to never figure that out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/the-secret-to-success-is-to-try-to-never-figure-that-out/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [I watched 'The Neighbors' when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/i-watched-the-neighbors-when-it-first-came-on-and-i-thought-it-was/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [Any good thing that happens to someone you love can only be good for you too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/any-good-thing-that-happens-to-someone-you-love-can-only-be-good-for/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [Our kids are not Jewish, and they're not Catholic. They're not Episcopalian. They're not Buddhist. They're not anything. We do all the holidays to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/our-kids-are-not-jewish-and-they-re-not-catholic-they-re-not/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [My family is from Russia and Poland. We never had that thing with the German Jews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/my-family-is-from-russia-and-poland-we-never-had-that-thing-with-the/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [No child should be raised in a system. A system isn't a parent. Even the system knows this, which is why the Children and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/no-child-should-be-raised-in-a-system-a-system-isn-t-a-parent-even/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [Sometimes a child will get lucky and be placed with foster parents who are loving and supportive and who consider that child their own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/sometimes-a-child-will-get-lucky-and-be-placed-with-foster-parents/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [Kids who enter 'adulthood' without any strong attachments to people who know and care about them have a rough road ahead, to say the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/kids-who-enter-adulthood-without-any-strong-attachments-to-people-who/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [My first and most loved real novel was 'Little Women.' I identified with the Jo character even though we were opposites. Jo was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/my-first-and-most-loved-real-novel-was-little-women-i-identified-with/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [I never pictured myself in California. I just thought I would be a character actress in New York on the stage. I never really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/i-never-pictured-myself-in-california-i-just-thought-i-would-be-a/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [We live a pretty real life within our Hollywood selves. I'm not working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by any means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/we-live-a-pretty-real-life-within-our-hollywood-selves-i-m-not/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [When I was a kid, I loved having a book in my hand. I still do. I wasn't a fast reader, but I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/when-i-was-a-kid-i-loved-having-a-book-in-my-hand-i-still-do-i-wasn-t/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [There's one thing about TV that I really think is true. If you find the right cast and the right writers, and you got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/there-s-one-thing-about-tv-that-i-really-think-is-true-if-you-find/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/everyone-s-surprised-when-they-meet-me-i-guess-it-s-because-i-ve/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

> [The most important element of the foster care system is getting kids out of foster care and into a permanent placement so they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-perlman/the-most-important-element-of-the-foster-care-system-is-getting-kids/)

[Rhea Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-perlman/)

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