#pare

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#could #happy #i #parents #straight

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#could #happy #i #knew #never

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#death #i #kid #parents #tell

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#convinced #despair #down #everything #hope

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#capable #driver #given #i #i think

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#around #best #could #did #how

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#community #difference #just #know #makes

It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So that they can help them with their homework and don't have to work two jobs. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#coaches #every #help #homework #involved

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#apparent #clinton #issue #issues #looking

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for. ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#being #credit #give #i #i think