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In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.
There's almost no problem that can't be solved. That's important as a premise. History has proven it over and over again.
As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.
Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.
If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.
But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they're not as good.
I've got no problem with anybody's religion. But if you go claiming the Earth is only 10,000 years old, that's just wrong.
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.
You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.
'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.
[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?
In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.
Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
Believe in miracles. I have seen so many. They came when every indication would say that Hope was lost. Hope is never lost!
Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.
Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world.
Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.
Life is a beautiful collection of temporary experiences. Treasure your unique collection, and enjoy sharing it with others.
The bar to get entry into the labour force is rising faster than people expected, and the ability to stay there is falling.
The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.
The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution.
Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other, every one instantly thinks how it will affect his constituents.
Although I may not be my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother, and 'because I have been given much, I too must give.'
Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.
I have learned, if you give a team a budget, then the team tries to maximise the budget so that they get the same next year.
As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that.
Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars?
The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel.
You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.
Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift others up.
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
To give ourselves totally to another person, as we do in marriage, is the most trusting step we take in any human relationship.
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity.
Growing up means leaving home and becoming a self supporting adult. I think this the hardest task any human being hast to face.
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to settle for anything less
There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.
That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.
I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea.
Imbodied spirits constitute the mankind. It is not restricted to the earth only but instead it inhabits all the worlds in space.