“It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.”
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
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