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Quote by Ayelet Waldman
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not

There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined youd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman

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Im sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but Ive never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them. – Ayelet Waldman

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Humor
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Look, if you ask a child, Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath, theyll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think its really important that children dont feel their parents emotional lives depend on their success. – Ayelet Waldman

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Success
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Ayelet Waldman
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Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them. – Ayelet Waldman

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mom
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Ayelet Waldman
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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. – Aristotle

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Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether youre playing a tender love story thats set in a coffee shop or whether youre in The Avengers, which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding. – Tom Hiddleston

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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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