"The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery."

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Source : Erik H. Erikson (1993). “Childhood and Society”, p.222, W. W. Norton & Company

Erik Erikson

#Children Quotes #Reality Quotes #Play Quotes

“I love my fans more than life itself”
“Thereâ€™s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when youâ€™re growing up. Your socioeconomic background contributes. The attitude that gets you through some communities doesnâ€™t work in corporate America. Itâ€™s not an excuse, but it does help explain”
“I wish grace and healing were more abracadabra kind of things. Also, that delicate silver bells would ring to announce grace's arrival. But no, it's clog and slog and scootch, on the floor, in the silence, in the dark.”
“Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots”
“Today's liberals wish to disarm us so they can run their evil and oppressive agenda on us. The fight against crime is just a convenient excuse to further their agenda. I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams' guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead.”
“My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.”
“It is not that fathers are better or worse, not that they are more loved or criticized, but rather that they are viewed with far less intensity. There is no Philip Roth or Woody Allen or Nancy Friday who writes about fathers with a runaway excess of humor, horror ... feeling. Most of us let our fathers off the hook.”
“If you're going to wear three hats. You'd better grow two more heads.”

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

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