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- Nov 07, 2020
Child Quotes
On childhood, creativity, and growing up.
Some quotes treat a creative project as being as demanding as raising a child; others come from adults looking back at being teased, being an only child, or noticing how plainly children can speak the truth. Childhood extends that memory.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I was an avid reader as a child because we didn't have television in Ireland until the mid-'60s.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a moment of realization about my blackness - I just was. Blackness was a central thread of my experience as a child and as an adolescent, as it is now that I'm an adult.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every child has potential. Every child can succeed. No child should be left out or left behind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never got hugged as child.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a bad boy as a child.
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- Nov 07, 2020
No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
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- Nov 07, 2020