Maria Montessori Quotes
If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'
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I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
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I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.
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I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
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For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
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Descobri que a leitura é uma forma servil de sonhar. Se tenho de sonhar, porque não sonhar os meus próprios sonhos?
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To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!
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Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.
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'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,' said Jefferson, 'it expects what never was and never will be.'
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Sorry my life is so much more bitchin' than yours. I planned it this way.
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There have been moments when I also wasn’t able to attach as much importance to football as it seemed to me I should.
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Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
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When Barack Obama won in 2008, in 2009 I voted for his team because I think that - that the American people wanted him to have his team. But don't think I wasn't worried about it. Really worried.
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I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.
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The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why.
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If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.
