David Elkind Quotes
When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.
Quotes to Explore
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.
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But the fight for our planet, physical and spiritual, a fight of cosmic proportions, is not a vague matter of the future; it has already started. The forces of Evil have begun their decisive offensive, you can feel their pressure, and yet your screens and publications ae full of prescribed smiles and raised glasses. What is the joy about?
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At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.
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When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.
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When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.
