"Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities, proclivities and temperaments that nurturing parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse."

-- Jane Brody

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“If I get into a car on a circuit, I drive as fast as I can; that's it!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. 1990.
“What counts is a way to get along with people that will bring us personal satisfaction and, at the same time, not trample upon the egos of those we deal with.”

Source : Les Giblin (1956). “How to Have Confidence and Power In Dealing With People”, p.15, Les Giblin Books
“Ryan Gosling. He was a good kid, good actor. I like him very much. What was the name of the movie? I've forgotten it. Fracture.”
“There you have it: an expensive higher education based on sloganeering, on pat, trite phrases that substitute moral posturing for political reasoning. It's elitism masquerading as egalitarianism.”
“We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.”
“How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?”

Source : Derek Tangye (2014). “A Cat in the Window: Tales from a Cornish Flower Farm”, p.37, Hachette UK
“Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!”
“Maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.”

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