Turning on the television set can turn off the process that transforms children into people... It is primarily through observing, playing, and working with others older and younger than himself that a child discovers both what he can do and who he can become — that he develops both his ability and his identity.

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.

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I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.

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Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.

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I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. - Tracy Chapman

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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people.

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Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

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One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires. ― Roy T. Bennett

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