Thomas Sowell Quotes

How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?

Thomas Sowell

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• How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?

  

  Thomas Sowell
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  • Shows