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People do say, "What do you recommend for growing your children?" And I've seen so many children, I've seen so many brilliant children of brilliant people go bad and become tremendous failures. And I find that so much of it's caused by drugs, alcohol, you know, different substances. And I always would say to my kids, "No drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes." I'd say, "No cigarettes, too." You know, it's not of the same, but if you can avoid it, because if you don't start it, you don't have a longing. I mean, I have friends that long to have a cigarette. They quit smoking, but they long, and they see somebody with a cigarette, it's like they're caged lunatics, okay? But even more so with drugs and alcohol. And I would always tell my kids, "No drugs, because no drugs or alcohol." I said, over the years, I've seen really smart parents have really brilliant kids, and the kids are a disaster because they got hooked in drugs. And when you're hooked, it's hard to get off. And if you never start them, like, I've never had a drink in my life, and I don't take drugs. I have no longing, but people that do, the drugs they don't talk about as much, but when they see, when you have a person that suffered with the alcohol curse, and they're out to dinner and they see, you know, some of your wonderful whiskey or whatever, when they see that coming down the plank, they say, "Oh, man, does that look good?" If you never start, it's so easy. No, I have other problems. You know, I've got plenty of problems like everybody else, but it's just not a problem that I have. And I always say, "No drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes." Ivanka said to me when she said, "Dad, you're driving me crazy. Stop saying that." I'd say it all the time. Whenever I see them, "No drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes." I think it worked, but who knows? You never know.

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