"Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves."

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Source : Urie Bronfenbrenner (1973). “Two worlds of childhood: U.S. and U.S.S.R.”, Pocket

Urie Bronfenbrenner

#Children Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Attention Quotes

“What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.”
“Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.”
“To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.”
“So it is fair to ask, why not address the threat of climate change when it is still possible? Asad Rehman, of the international environmental group Friends of the Earth, who was in New York for the climate march, told me, â€œIf we can find the trillions [of dollars] weâ€™re finding for conflict whether thereâ€™s been the invasion in Iraq or Afghanistan or now the conflict in Syria, then we can find the kind of money thatâ€™s required for the transformation that will deliver clean, renewable energy.â€”
“The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.”
“I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an experiment. Science fiction authors were scarce. There were not a dozen worth mentioning in the entire world”
“This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.”
“There is something sublime about its aloofness from and its indifference to its external environment.”

Source : Frederick Soddy (2004). “The Interpretation of Radium and the Structure of the Atom”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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