"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. From a biological point of view it is inconceivable that any culture will forget that it needs to reproduce itself. But it is quite possible for a culture to exist without a social idea of children. Unlike infancy, childhood is a social artifact, not a biological category."

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Source : Neil Postman (2011). “The Disappearance of Childhood”, p.10, Vintage

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“I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.”

Source : "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.
“I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.”

Source : Seth MacFarlane (2014). “A Million Ways to Die in the West”, p.53, Canongate Books
“I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.”

Source : "Exclusive interview with Chris Pine and Alex Kurtzman about 'People Like Us'". Interview with Jason Roestel, www.axs.com. June 27, 2012.
“I really don't care much about baseball, or looking at ball games, major or minor. All my interest in baseball is in its statistics.”
“The key reason why we are richer than our ancestors is that these ancestors have bequeathed us buildings, factories and machines that have given us a high living standard to start with. Driven by irresponsible policy makers, America's present generation is consuming the nation's capital.”
“I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“Sunny, happy with the music, no money. I'm thinking you're on holiday. Sipping yellow lemonade.”

Source : Song: Lemonade
“Because of the confusion surrounding the term "agnosticism," it would seem better to use the very similar term "rationalism" in its place when referring to the original Huxleyan meaning of the term. The use of "rationalist" for "agnostic" would also seem to be less ambiguous.”

Source : Gordon Stein (1980). “An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism”

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