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"“[c] hildren who have not been taught their rights, in a rights-respecting environment, tend to personalize the concept of rights and have difficulty appreciating the rights of others. . . . [C]hildren who have not received children’s rights education tend to believe that having rights means being able to do what you want.”" — Aug 26, 2016 05:55AM
"“[c] hildren who have not been taught their rights, in a rights-respecting environment, tend to personalize the concept of rights and have difficulty appreciating the rights of others. . . . [C]hildren who have not received children’s rights education tend to believe that having rights means being able to do what you want.”" — Aug 26, 2016 05:55AM
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"But when we follow the suggestions of genetic and social instructions without question we relinquish the control of consciousness and become helpless playthings of impersonal forces. 2/2" — Oct 29, 2017 08:19AM
"But when we follow the suggestions of genetic and social instructions without question we relinquish the control of consciousness and become helpless playthings of impersonal forces. 2/2" — Oct 29, 2017 08:19AM
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"The amount of cursing is ridiculous, x.x reminds me of locke lamora...I understand the need to convey the environment and the characters etc... But god this is getting annoying." — Sep 26, 2017 03:11PM
"The amount of cursing is ridiculous, x.x reminds me of locke lamora...I understand the need to convey the environment and the characters etc... But god this is getting annoying." — Sep 26, 2017 03:11PM
“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.”
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“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
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“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?”
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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.”
― Four Quartets
― Four Quartets
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