David Elkind Quotes
So while it is true that children are exposed to more information and a greater variety of experiences than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. We always know much more than we understand, and with the torrent of information to which young people are exposed, the gap between knowing and understanding, between experience and learning, has become even greater than it was in the past.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Usually I say I have no imagination.
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Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help.
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I'm just trying to find some secret places in the human brain because I think movies tend to be too rational sometimes. Everything is supposed to make sense. Everything is supposed to be logical.
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The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.
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In a way I guess I'd be a bad judge of what it was like because it just seemed perfectly normal to me.
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So while it is true that children are exposed to more information and a greater variety of experiences than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. We always know much more than we understand, and with the torrent of information to which young people are exposed, the gap between knowing and understanding, between experience and learning, has become even greater than it was in the past.
