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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.
Adora Svitak
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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.
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