Quote by Rodney Atkins
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took m

I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins

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Theres a book called The Shack – it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal. – Rodney Atkins

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I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help you, thats a rural heart. Your car breaks down in the middle of Iowa or somewhere, or Tennessee where Im from, people want to help each other. Given each opportunity, you see how people come together. – Rodney Atkins

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I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. – Rodney Atkins

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My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew. – Taryn Manning

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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim. – Rachel Hunter

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Dont force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. Its the childs desire to play that matters, not the parents desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun. – Tiger Woods

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Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most. – Ted Rall

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As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I dont really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. – Joyce Carol Oates

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The most important thing is to stay positive. – Saku Koivu

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