"Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are better equipped at appreciating others' reasons for action, or the basis of others' emotions. But this maturity functions in a piecemeal fashion. They show more understanding of their friends, but not of their teachers."

-- Terri E Apter

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“Both the young and the old are almost completely useless in our modern society, and are made keenly aware of that uselessness. They have no place. They are private, isolated - and hopeless.”
“It is not wrong or bigoted to believe American society is stronger and that the family unit is better served when marriage is between a man and a woman. It is also not wrong for homosexual Americans to want to get as much parity as they can.”
“The mind is always present. You just don't see it.”
“[Pope Francis] lashed out against what he called malevolent resistance to his reforms.”
“I went to glam shows and was inspired by Bowie.”
“There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it.”
“I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.”
“We have to recognize that however smart we are, we're not smarter than everyone else combined. . . . We can't lose sight of the fact that no matter how important our own contributions are, we couldn't have gotten anywhere without the help and hard work of lots of other people.”

Source : James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (2008). “A Leader's Legacy”, p.159, John Wiley & Sons

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