But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
ADORA SVITAKI cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
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The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
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I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.
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Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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A real world that is increasingly technology-driven.
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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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And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.
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Due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.
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