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“In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.”

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Book:Some everyday folk and dawn

Source: Some everyday folk and dawn

“Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the touchstone for everybody. He kind of invented the job and was the first voice actor to get onscreen credit.”

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Author:Tom Kenny

“I'm building my adult beverage empire the way I built my independent rap label. As my career.”

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Author:E-40

“I understand that I have become a liability to the very institutions and policies to which I have dedicated my career and, indeed, my entire adult life.”

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Author:John Kitzhaber

“I always loved the work. As soon as I finished a movie, the most exciting thing to do was to try to jump into the next one. How I feel about it is that I learned a lot, so I'm grateful that I learned so much, at such a young age, rather than in my more adult professional career.”

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Author:Joe Swanberg

“I completely reject the idea that working adults need to be treated like infants or worse and not told the realities, harsh or not, about the world of work. Keeping people in the dark and filling them with stories that are either mostly fabricated, unusually rare, or both, doesn't do anyone any good. It is one of the reasons that workplaces and careers remain in such dire straits.”

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Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer

“I'm 44 now and have been working in comics for most of my adult life. I've been blessed to have had the career that I've had and worked with the many awesome creators I have.”

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Author:Jamal Igle

“Once I became an adult and started to pursue writing as a professional career, I realized my main characters were always young people. My stories naturally center around children and teenagers. I think it's because I have worked with youth for about twelve years. The pains and joys of adolescents are moments I witness on a daily basis, so their stories are always with me as I write.”

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Author:Renee Watson

“I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.”

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Author:Rick Riordan

“I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost always found that children are a great deal more reliable in telling us what actually goes on in public school than many of the adult experts who develop policies that shape their destinies.”

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Book:The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Source: The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

“We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the children who change but their environments. As adults they get to select the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit them. They don't have to live in whatever culture they'er plunked into.”

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Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting.”

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Author:Mark Ruffalo