Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.
--Russell Baker
--Russell Baker
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I don't want to go to school
Just to learn to be a parrot
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If growing up means it would be
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I'll never grow up,
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that people do,
so they don't know what needs to happen. -- Russell... - May your children grow tall, strong, straight,
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Russell... - Why do we expect our Presidents to control destiny when they cannot even
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Russell... - May your son grow up to be a famous doctor,
and may you be his only case... - Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: that you are dreadfully like
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disgracefully... - People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong,
fortunately. -- Russell...
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Mark... - Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
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Groucho... - Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
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Anatole France, from The Revolt of the...
