“Children are to be respected and I respect them deeply. They've taught me an awful lot.”

— Fred Rogers

Interviewed by Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show (1983) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=p-Kp5YeqrlE#t=263

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American television personality 1928–2003

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