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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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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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I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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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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By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'
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It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.
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If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.
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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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Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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Enthusiasm just creates bubbles it doesn't keep them from popping.
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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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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.
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The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.
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