Rod McKuen Quotes

We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the teachers who are teaching their children. We need families to question day-care centers, to question other children and their own as to what goes on.

Rod McKuen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1933 - January 29, 2015

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After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

Joe Namath

JanuaryMePlayFirstEverything

There are certain people that are marked for death. I have my little list of those that treated me unfairly.

Jennifer Lopez

DeathPeopleMeLittleThoseList

It's frustrating sometimes: as an athlete, you're thrust into the spotlight, and you know, I think this team has always done a really amazing job of understanding that we have this incredible platform; let's do something good with it.

Megan Rapinoe

GoodJobAmazingTeamThinkYou

During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful.

Robert Shapiro

FinanceTrainingLawDoingHighGet

I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career... I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune.

Michael Heisley

MoneyCareerUpFortuneStartedDid

The ethical code of my upbringing was be good to people and try not to hurt them. You don't need a god to tell you that.

Stellan Skarsgard

GoodGodPeopleHurtYouTry

I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got.

Stan Getz

YouSoundGotBassEvenEra

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

Michelle Trachtenberg

PeopleGrowing UpGrowYouSometimes

Meeting forensic patients for the first time could occasionally be an unnerving experience. They often came across as mild and gentle people, but the details of the crimes were harrowing in the extreme.

Louis Theroux

TimeExperiencePeopleDetailsFirst

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

Lord Byron

BookNameNothingSeePleasantSure

I got the opportunity, and I grabbed it, and slowly, I started finding a lot of interest in acting.

Disha Patani

OpportunityFindingActingStarted

The biggest blunder in the history of this country was when President Truman pulled General MacArthur out of China.

Tiny Tim

HistoryCountryPresidentOutChina

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