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Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

Daphne Oz

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Daphne Oz
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: February 17
Author
Journalist
Television Presenter
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Standards are what you hold for yourself, too. If I don't hold those standards with friends, colleagues, and lovers, I can't hold them to their relationships.
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Fun for me is to take what I learn and teach others in a way that is accessible and applicable in their own lives.
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I have been very, very lucky because I have my health, a wonderful husband, family, and friends, and I get to do what I love.
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I do what I do because my favorite thing is to learn.
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