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I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me. -- Michael Grant
Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy -- Nikki Giovanni
With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation. -- Mary Oliver
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. -- Sophie Ellis Bextor
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood. -- Larry David
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose. -- Garrison Keillor
Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable childcare or early childhood education. -- Bernie Sanders
I have a lot of anger about my childhood - being hard of hearing and my relationship with my father. -- Lou Ferrigno
As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that. -- Bruce Eric Kaplan
I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play. -- Yani Tseng
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education. -- Ronnie James Dio
I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me. -- Bette Midler
It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house, by your children. If you're lucky, your kids will help you make that distinction. -- Ayelet Waldman
What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8. -- Andrew Lo
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. -- Thomas Arnold
We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best investments that the society can possibly make. And yet we still don't have public support for things like preschools. -- Alison Gopnik
I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age. -- Samantha Morton
When I was traded from the Oakland A's to the Atlanta Braves before the 2005 season, a childhood dream was realized. I grew up a Braves fan just a few hours south of Atlanta, and it was hard for me to believe that I was going to actually play for the Atlanta Braves and legendary manager Bobby Cox. -- Tim Hudson
I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed. -- Ayelet Waldman
I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on. -- Drew Barrymore
I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not. -- Tracy Morgan
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. -- Sophie Ellis Bextor
My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive. -- Mindy Kaling
Before you judge me , try hard to love me , look within your heart Then ask , - have you seen my childhood ? -- Michael Jackson
By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up, -- Lori Gottlieb
The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break. -- Merrill Markoe
What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were a child? -- Mitch Albom
Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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