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“The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.”
Source : Alice Miller (2002). “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence”, p.19, Macmillan
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“Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.”
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“Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your teachers teach you that.”
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“I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we have a lot in common even though we're admittedly different people. I think it evolves from how I see relationships working. You know, the opposites attract thing happens all the time, but so does the best friends thing. It's just a great kind of relationship in fiction.”
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“There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more.”
Source : "Bjarne Stroustrup: The Problem with Programming". Interview with Jason Pontin, www.technologyreview.com. January 01, 2007.
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“The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream.”
Source : Richard Florida (2014). “The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded”, p.7, Basic Books
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“I will set big goals for this country as president - some so large that the technology to reach them does not yet exist.""I will recruit new teachers and make new investments in rural schools, we'll connect all of America to 21st century technology and telecommunications.”
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“She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall. She's nobody's child, the law can't touch her at all.”