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Actors will happen even in the best-regulated families.
Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.
                -- Addison Mizner and Oliver Herford, "The Entirely
                New Cynic's Calendar", 1905
Bradyism:
        A multisibling sensibility derived from having grown up in
large families.  A rarity in those born after approximately 1965,
symptoms of Bradyism include a facility for mind games, emotional
withdrawal in situations of overcrowding, and a deeply felt need for a
well-defined personal space.
                -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
                   Culture"
FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #5
A:        The Halls of Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli.
Q:        Name two families whose kids won't join the Marines.
Families, when a child is born
Want it to be intelligent.
I, through intelligence,
Having wrecked my whole life,
Only hope the baby will prove
Ignorant and stupid.
Then he will crown a tranquil life
By becoming a Cabinet Minister
                -- Su Tung-p'o
On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the
same moment -- halftime.
One family builds a wall, two families enjoy it.
The real reason large families benefit society is because at least
a few of the children in the world shouldn't be raised by beginners.
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