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“Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.”

Quote by Hugh Mackay

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“Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters.”

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“Some researchers sensibly suggest that rather than worrying too much about which programs our children are watching, we should concentrate on trying to reduce the total amount of time they spend in front of the screen.”

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