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Quote by Marcelene Cox
No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purch

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. – Marcelene Cox

Other quotes by Marcelene Cox

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating. – Marcelene Cox

Category:
Procrastination
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Marcelene Cox
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Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: theres the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in. – Marcelene Cox

Category:
Christmas
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Marcelene Cox
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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: theres always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. – Marcelene Cox

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Family
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Marcelene Cox
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. – Carl Jung

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parenting

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out. – Matthew Broderick

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parenting

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise… specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. – Allan Bloom

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parenting

I came to parenting the way most of us do – knowing nothing and trying to learn everything. – Mayim Bialik

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parenting

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The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once youre a teenager youve probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as youre going to. – Andrew Shue

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I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. Thats the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed. – T-Bone Burnett

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Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments. – Channing Pollock

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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound. – Walter Annenberg

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