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When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to change every six days or six minutes, you can decide to be as awake and alive and learning as they are.
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"When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to change every six days or six minutes, you can decide to be as awake and alive and learning as they are."
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When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to change every six days or six minutes, you can decide to be as awake and alive and learning as they are. — Jez Butterworth

About Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth was a Dramatist from United Kingdom (1969–present).

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Who said "When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them,…"?
This quote is attributed to Jez Butterworth, a Dramatist from United Kingdom.
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Jez Butterworth lived from 1969 – present.