Quotes
Authors
Seymour Papert

"Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and spelling, they are places where children learn a vaguely defined thing called socialization...I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and disrespectful to their own developmental capacities."

-- Seymour Papert

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“If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they donâ€™t speak out for themselves, all theyâ€™ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. Instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object... In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced â€” writersâ€™ voices, teachersâ€™ voices, studentsâ€™ voices â€” and all because of fear.”
“I just want to make everyone happy.”
“No problem is so big and difficult that it can't be blamed on somebody else.”
“Directing is a terrible, anxious process. It's all collaboration, and if you have a dream, it's diluted very quickly by the slightest ineptness in any of your collaborators. They're supposed to help you, but too often they help you into your grave.”
“Love is a wonderful gift. It's a present so precious words can barely begin to describe it. Love is a feeling, the deepest and sweetest of all. It's incredibly strong and amazingly gentle at the very same time. It is a blessing that should be counted every day. It is nourishment for the soul.”
“Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful.”
“I work best when people are here to puncture me”
“For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.”

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