"I had fallen out of my secure world, precipitated beyond the territories I had only begun to control so skillfully. What a foolish step to take. What an insane move to make."

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Source : Francesca Marciano (1999). “Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa”, Vintage Books

Francesca Marciano

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“Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if we adapt our materials and mode of instruction to their level of ability. But we miseducate young children when we assume that their learning abilities are comparable to those of older children and that they can be taught with materials and with the same instructional procedures appropriate to school-age children.”

Source : David Elkind (1987). “Miseducation: preschoolers at risk”, Alfred a Knopf Inc
“I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.”
“I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.”

Source : David Rakoff (2015). “The Uncollected David Rakoff: Including the entire text of Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”, p.164, Anchor
“I absolutely love this. Top notch art and scripting encapsulating a brilliant idea.”
“The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.”
“I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.”

Source : "The Mis-Education of the Negro". Book by Carter G. Woodson, 1933.
“At one time they've been the most important thing to me. So I can't hear our records on the radio, I can't stand it, because they sound so out of what everyone else is doing.”

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