Being A Kid Quotes

• Children should enjoy the few years they have just being a kid.

  Dwayne Hickman

  Children, Kids, Years

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• It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.

  Lauren Oliver

  Kids, Wish, Want

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• I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.

  Pharrell Williams

  Growing Up, Kids, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Children, Freedom, Real

  "‘Four Agreements’ Author Don Miguel Ruiz Reveals How Doubt Can Lead To Happiness" by don Miguel Angel Ruiz, don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 2, 2013.

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• When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

  Louis Pasteur

  Respect, Teacher, Children

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  When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

  Emo Philips

  Funny, Death, Forgiveness

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  Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

  Robert Fulghum

  Marriage, Mother, Children

  "Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden". Book by Bonita Jean Zimmer (p. 182), April 2003.

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• I have a lot of stories about being a kid because it was the last time I was interesting.

  John Mulaney

  Kids, Interesting, Stories

  "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.

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• It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much. For a long time, you think this is just something adults still do after being kids - pretend.

  Virginia C. Andrews

  Lying, Believe, Kids

  "Misty".

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• When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Pregnancy, Moving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

  Dave Pelzer

  Inspirational, Children, Unhappy Childhood

  Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.166, Health Communications, Inc.

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• If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

  Stephen King

  Kids, Dies, Ifs

  Stephen King (2016). “Christine”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might not have had in some way.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Kids, Childhood, Might

  Source: blankonblank.org

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• Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be

  David Bly

  Family, Inspiring, Success

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• Never stop being a kid, Richard. Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must to protect you from the world but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead.

  Richard Bach

  Kids, Air, Feelings

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• Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Kids, Sanctuary

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  Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

  Margaret Mead

  Education, Teacher, Children

  Margaret Mead (1973). “Coming of Age in Samoa”

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• Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Truth, Children, Lying

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• I do agree to a certain extent that it is unfortunate that I have to be a little more aware of being a kid and growing up and figuring out who I am, but at the same time, it's part of what I love.

  Selena Gomez

  Growing Up, Kids, Who I Am

  "Q&A: Selena Gomez on turning 21, Bieber, new album". Interview with Mesfin Fekadu, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. July 26, 2013.

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• When you get into this business you have to grow up quickly. But I wouldn't say I've lost any of my childhood, I've always been a mature child. My Mom says I've been like that since I was little kid. I make time for my friends and I make time for things that other kids do. This is a business and I knew what I was getting into. I make time for being a kid, but I also know when to put on my business hat and go for the business.

  Aaliyah

  Mom, Growing Up, Business

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• Being a kid myself, I loved playing and I loved playing with words, and making up things and riddles and songs and not afraid of being silly in public.

  Malachy McCourt

  Song, Silly, Kids

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Most of the theater I've done in the past was when I was a kid or a teenager so it feels like being a kid again. I'm happier than I've ever been. You really get to go to work every day and play, and try different things. I don't know, I've never felt so lucky to do this job. So I hope to do a lot more theater.

  Alexis Bledel

  Teenager, Kids, Past

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being a kid.

  Catherine Opie

  Home, School, Kids

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• I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

  Vincent Cassel

  Kids, Dressing Up, Ideas

  "France's most wanted". Interview with Jason Solomons, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2009.

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• I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

  Luke Bryan

  Kids, Thinking, Awards

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