My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
ADORA SVITAKTo show that you truly care, you listen.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
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Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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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.
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I realise I’m still a child, though I do feel older.
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Anyone can make a difference.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle.
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But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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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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To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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History is made every day.
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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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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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Since the age of four, I’ve been exploring what I can do with the written word.
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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
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Let’s abolish the term ‘childish’ because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.
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Recently did an on-line test called ‘What’s Your True Age?’ My result was 50-60 years old.
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It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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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.
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