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• The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts. — Robert Redford
• Calculated is the truth of adulthood, whereas honest is the truth of a child. — Wes Fesler
• If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career… — Charles Lindbergh
• The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched… — Tom Brokaw
• Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste ears, trying to get someone… — Lois McMaster Bujold
• A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
• People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents,… — Alice Miller

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