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title: "8 Worked Kids Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [My dad woke up at 5:30 every morning - every single day - and drove an hour-and-a-half to work. My mom was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-taurasi/my-dad-woke-up-at-5-30-every-morning-every-single-day-and-drove-an/)

[Diana Taurasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-taurasi/)

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> [Mum was a teacher before I was born, but never worked after she had kids. She was too busy looking after us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardal-o-hanlon/mum-was-a-teacher-before-i-was-born-but-never-worked-after-she-had/)

[Ardal O'Hanlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardal-o-hanlon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/ardal-o-hanlon-8746_born_mum-was-a-teacher-before-i-was-born-but_932837.jpg)

> [You've got a guy in a cape and tights running around fighting crime 24-7; this is not normal. But it worked because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-west/you-ve-got-a-guy-in-a-cape-and-tights-running-around-fighting-crime/)

[Adam West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/adam-west-7088_around_you-ve-got-a-guy-in-a-cape-and-tights-ru_1005304.jpg)

> [I've worked with kids that are just horrendous, and it's mostly because of their parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-ve-worked-with-kids-that-are-just-horrendous-and-it-s-mostly/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jeffrey-dean-morgan-4139_because_i-ve-worked-with-kids-that-are-just-horr_1544497.jpg)

> [I worked with kids quite a bit in kind of rough situations, between Sleepers and The River Wild. Just I've been in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bacon/i-worked-with-kids-quite-a-bit-in-kind-of-rough-situations-between/)

[Kevin Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-bacon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/kevin-bacon-2641_pretend_i-worked-with-kids-quite-a-bit-in-kind-o_2424754.jpg)

> [There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/there-have-been-countless-times-where-i-ve-worked-out-with-my-kids/)

[Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/gwyneth-paltrow-1230_crawling_there-have-been-countless-times-where-i_2495892.jpg)

> [I've worked with kids in a youth ministry in California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-franklin/i-ve-worked-with-kids-in-a-youth-ministry-in-california/)

[Kirk Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-franklin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/kirk-franklin-4036_california_i-ve-worked-with-kids-in-a-youth-ministr_3101603.jpg)

> [I had begun what I thought might be a career in social work. I was married and deeply involved in the anti-war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dufresne/i-had-begun-what-i-thought-might-be-a-career-in-social-work-i-was/)

[John Dufresne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dufresne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/john-dufresne-11991_anti-war_i-had-begun-what-i-thought-might-be-a-ca_3110248.png)

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