"Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child"

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Source : Tom Stoppard (2014). “Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2”, p.83, Faber & Faber

Tom Stoppard

#Growing Up Quotes #Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 20, 2014
“Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.”
“Short cuts make long delays.”
“I learned from my teachers but became through my music”
“By no means because I am a World Champion will I ever stop learning and thatâ€™s the biggest thing thatâ€™s difficult for someone to see.”
“There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.”
“Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version of migrant labor.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I never thought I would go into the dance charts.”

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