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Quote by Temple Grandin

“I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends.”

Quote by Temple Grandin

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Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science and an autism advocate. Born on August 29, 1947, she has made significant contributions to the understanding of autism and animal welfare through her groundbreaking research. Grandin's innovative designs, such as the 'hug box,' have improved livestock handling practices. She is also an author and speaker, sharing her experiences and insights on autism and animal welfare with the world. more

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“I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these are all things that can turn into jobs. You know, wood shop, steel shop, welding. These are all things that can turn into great careers, get kids interested. Things they can do with other students. Other things for our word thinkers: journalism clubs, drama clubs.”

“I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the tech communities, the parents just apprentice their kid into the industry and they just skip being a teenager.”

Thinking Needs Children Kids Parent Community Industry Teenager Skip Apprentice Being A Teenager

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Author:George Lopez

“It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same time, and I'm playing, sometimes doing smaller projects.[The opera] Akhnaten fits in with Gandhi and Einstein, so that forms a trilogy in a way.I picked people who were these kind of larger than life characters, who kind of changed the world they lived in by almost the force of their personality and their inventiveness. People that I think not only do I admire but I think they're admirable people.”

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Author:Philip Glass

“I like the idea that [Mahatma] Gandhi is appearing now in an opera hall in all these different places, and people kind of think about it again.”

People Thinking Kind Ideas Different Halls Opera Different Place Appearing

Author:Philip Glass

“Akhnaten is kind of a dark, kind of mysterious character. We don't know a lot about him - a lot of information on him was lost. But he obviously was a kind of iconoclast of him time. I guess I'm attracted to people like that. Like [Albert] Einstein also, who radically changed our way of thinking about the world we live in.”

People Thinking Knows World Way Kind Character Lost Dark Information Changed Mysterious Way Of Thinking

Author:Philip Glass

“There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.”

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Author:Philip Glass

“I'd say it's just part of the world that we live in; it's part of the music world.”

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“The dividend I get [from my compulsion] is the freedom to be totally disorderly in my dreamworld.”

Compulsion Dividends

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“When I'm not actually doing my work, I'm planning it or thinking about it or reading things that on some level are transformed into performance fantasies. I have no active interests.”

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