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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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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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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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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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There's no committee that says, 'This is the type of person who can change the world - and you can't.' Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you're going to do it.
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Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.
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The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle, and discrimination simply because of sex is enraging.
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.
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If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.
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