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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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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Most people in protest mobs are pretty sincere and don't want to fight cops or break things.
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The people at home will work hard and actually all of them think it was important that we hade the decision that we did make not to compromise; because we didn't have anything to compromise for.
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When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
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Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.
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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.
