"My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for grammar, for physics, for statistics, for all the "hard" subjects.... In short, I believe more than ever that programming should be a key part of the intellectual development of people growing up."

-- Seymour Papert

#Growing Up Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Hasnâ€™t anyone ever told you,â€ Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, â€œ that a gentleman never lays a hand on a lady?â€ Which I thought was kind of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time Iâ€™d seen him. But I thought it better to let that slide.”
“In the course of an average lifetime anyone growing up in a house with such a clock will hear the tune over a million times.”
“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.”

Source : Gena Showalter (2011). “Twisted”, p.573, Harlequin
“The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.”
“Sometimes pain and illness are not meant to be removed. You can't second-guess God. Rather than praying for it to go away, it's often wiser to pray that you learn as much from it as you possibly can.”
“Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby,”
“Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.”
“I think that the music we create together is one of a kind.”

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