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“The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.”
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“I think a master craftsman is someone who is unpretentious. He has a physical object in front of him and, while he works with a higher aim, he doesn't let his personality get in the way of his art. It's simply about the task at hand and to make it as functional and necessary to the world as he can.”
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“The shortest answer is doing.”
Source : George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.162
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“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.”
Source : Miller Williams (1997). “The Ways We Touch: Poems”, p.55, University of Illinois Press
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“I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think were pretty much alike!”
Source : "Liane Moriarty: 'We're all capable of things that are breathtakingly cruel'". Interview with Bethanne Patrick, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2014.
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“If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.”
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“God's everywhere, but I gotta go down (to church) to see him? Really? And he's mad at me down there, and I owe you money?”
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“The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.”