"Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us."

-- Haim Ginott

#Teenager Quotes #Self Quotes #Independence Quotes

“Iâ€™m always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.”
“You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain”
“You acquire more influence with young people when you give up using your power to control them...and the more you use your power to try to control people the less influence you'll have on their lives.”
“I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay.”
“There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first joys of our heart come never back again!”

Source : Robert Gilfillan, William Anderson (1851). “Poems and Songs: With Memoir of the Author, and Appendix of His Latest Pieces”, p.163
“The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.”

Source : "Arcade Fire". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. October 4, 2010.
“Avatar is a watershed movie. We'll always refer to Lawrence of Arabia in the same way. We'll always look at Avatar and say, "That's about as good as it gets." It's an enormous advance, in every way, shape and form, of movie making.”
“One, two, ... five!" "Three, my lord.”

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