Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
ADORA SVITAKI was thrilled to be able to read at three.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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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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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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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.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.
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Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn’t keep them from popping.
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word ‘prodigy.’
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We’re ignorant of our past.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
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