- Me
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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
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of unfairly demonizing teachers, we should be working with them to find solutions to the problems in our schools and make sure every child gets an outstanding public education.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom wouldn't let me do child acting.
- Forgives
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was a kid, I've always been skinny and frail framed. I felt powerless as a child, but I always saw so much power in femininity and female sexuality.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had no interest in writing whatsoever.
- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.
- Closing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands.
- Eulogy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want the child in me to die. Fortunately, I'm lucky enough that my profession allows me to pursue my boyhood fantasies even as an adult.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020