Bob Keeshan Quotes

#1. Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

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#2. It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.

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#3. Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

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#4. Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.

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#5. I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

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#6. The best teacher is an entertainer.

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#7. The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

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#8. One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

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#9. Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

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#10. It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

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#11. Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo ... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

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#12. A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

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#13. Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

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