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I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that sounds selfish to a lot of people and I don't know if what I'm doing is the right thing. But that's the way I'm doing it.

— Emmanuelle Beart

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I didn't know my kids as well as I should have.

— Mike Wallace

I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.

— Maria das Gracas Silva Foster

Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.

— Kim Kardashian

I've worked too hard all my life to have my kids control my life.

— Steve Schirripa

Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.

— Brooke Shields

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

— Thalia

With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised.

— Adam Sandler

I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.

— Natasha Richardson

✗Opposing Perspectives

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

— Meryl Streep

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

— Ernie Hudson