Marcelene Cox Quotes

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He looked as if his mind constantly shifted from one foot to the other.

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It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.

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A child does not thrive on what he is prevented from doing, but on what he actually does.

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A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way.

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Whenever I try to recall that long-ago first day at school only one memory shines through: my father held my hand.

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The way to achieve happiness is to have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.

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Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.

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A child who constantly hears 'Don't,' 'Be careful,' 'Stop' will eventually be overtaken by schoolmates, business associates, and rival suitors.

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Piecrust is like a wild animal; when it sees fear in the eyes of its tamer it goes out of control.

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To give children everything is often worse than giving them nothing.

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Politeness in an individual is as necessary as paint on both sides of a fence, for a person, like a fence, faces out as well as in.

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'Under new management' may mean a baby has just been born.

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A teen-ager out of sight is like a kite in the clouds; even though you can't see it you feel the tug on the string.

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All the successful parents I have observed seem to possess one common quality: that of being able to visit with their children.

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When a telephone rings, the average man settles deeper into his chair with the observation, 'I wonder who that can be?'

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Raising children is like baking bread: it has to be a slow process or you end up with an overdone crust and an underdone interior.

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Growing old is like riding in a train: we seem to sit still while the landscape moves by.

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Children whose problems aren't recognized become problem children.

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Heredity: the thing a child gets from the other side of the family.

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Weather means more when you have a garden: there's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your lettuce and green beans.

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Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it ends.

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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

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It is a mystery why adults expect perfection from children. Few grownups can get through a whole day without making a mistake.

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After you have children, the economic law reverses to Demand and Supply.

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Parenthood: that state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.

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When a person who is fat says it runs in the family, you can be pretty sure the family never did much running.

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