I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
BENJAMIN SPOCKWhen women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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