Beatrix Campbell Quotes
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.
Beatrix Campbell
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P. J. O'Rourke
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Faith Hill
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Sam Brownback
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Harpo Marx
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Jack Zipes
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Hannah Storm
117: It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and, learning to be self-critical?
Alan Perlis
For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.
Douglas Alexander
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Chuck Klosterman
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.
Erwin McManus
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.
Beatrix Campbell