A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral. - Sargent Shriver - Quotesmemo.com

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Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.

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