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David Elkind

"Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find "good" rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd."

Source : David Elkind (1987). “Miseducation: preschoolers at risk”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

David Elkind

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“Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young actors, I think we were all very, very star-struck and impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out.”

Source : "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.
“For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977”
“Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face.”
“So when it came to making the movie I guess I had a really good sense innately of what it was that makes Halloween really great. In that it is a holiday for everybody now. When I was a kid I felt like it was mostly for kids, maybe that's just the way it always is when you're a kid, but I think now more than ever it's for grown ups too. When I was a kid I don't think there were quite as many sexy adult costumes and we definitely didn't have all these Spirit Halloween stores that pop up every October.”
“I want to be a good role model for girls and show them they can do whatever they feel passionate about and still live a healthy life.”
“Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.”
“The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.”
“There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have paid for it with their humanity and their immortal souls.”

Source : Dan Simmons (2014). “The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion”, p.115, Spectra

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