"We want our children to fit in and to stand out. We rarely address the conflict between these goals."

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Source : Ellen Goodman (1990). “Making Sense”, Penguin Group USA

Ellen Goodman

#Children Quotes #Goal Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“Obviously in the Senate we have all types of different people, all kinds of different folks that have come from all types of different backgroundsâ€”and I think thatâ€™s part of that sense of entitlement that he gives off is that, almost like, I served my country, let me into the Senate. But thatâ€™s not how it works in Arkansas.”

Source : "Is Cotton Putting It Away?" by Ramesh Ponnuru, www.nationalreview.com. March 5, 2014.
“Every now and again I want to go to the beach and be in the sun, but that's a very rare feeling, so I could live in London, definitely.”
“We all have our personal Andes.”
“A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.”
“C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.”

Source : Interview with Jason Pontin, www.technologyreview.com. January 1, 2007.
“It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.”

Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.
“You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.”
“I find it weird that people want to know about you.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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