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With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.

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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.
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To show that you truly care, you listen.
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The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.
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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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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.
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Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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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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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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You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow
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