“Lots of TV is kind of becoming almost the new form for adult storytelling and cinema, but still with some independent films you still have those kind of jewels that people are able to make and it takes a lot of effort.” PeopleKindStillsAbleFilmFormEffortTvsBecomingAdultsIndependentStorytellingCinemaJewelsIndependent Film Author:Alicia Vikander
“Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which they must do everything, as something lacking an inner guide and in constant need of inner direction. . . . An adult who acts in this way, even though he may be convinced that he is filled with zeal, love, and a spirit of sacrifice on behalf of his child, unconsciously suppresses the development of the child's own personality.” WayNeedsLooksMayChildrenSpiritEffortSacrificePersonalityDevelopmentAdultsEmptyFilledConstantGuidesConvincedLook UpHelplessLackingBehalfZeal Author:Maria Montessori
“We must establish all over the country schools of our own to train our own children to become scientists, to become mathematicians. We must realize the need for adult education and for job retraining programs that will emphasize a changing society in which automation plays the key role. We intend to use the tools of education to help raise our people to an unprecedented level of excellence and self respect through their own efforts.” PeopleNeedsChildrenSelfCountryPlayHelpingUseSchoolJobsRealizingLevelsEffortRolesKeysAdultsProgramToolsScientistRaisesTrainExcellenceSelf RespectMathematicianUnprecedentedAutomationAdult Education Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“People are generally resistant to teaching and training because it requires effort. This clashes with the natural wiring of human adults: We are fundamentally lazy.” PeopleHumansNaturalEffortTeachingTrainingAdultsLazyClashWiring Author:B. J. Fogg
“On set, I like to be treated just like a normal adult actor. We all put as much time and effort into our craft as adults, and maybe even more because we have school to do and a lot of things to figure out.” SchoolActorsEffortFiguresNormalAdultsTreatedCrafts Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Well, you know, it's a younger person, and it was maybe an effort to be a little more sincere and adult about the lyrics occasionally, which is a good thing. It's nice that it's not too self-conscious like some of our lyrics could be.” KnowsWellsLittlesPersonsSelfEffortNiceConsciousAdultsGood ThingsSincereSelf Conscious Author:Stephen Malkmus
“When you're a boy your life can be measured out as a series of uncomfortable conversations reluctantly initiated by adults in an effort to tell you things that you either already know or really don't want to know.” KnowsWantEffortBoysConversationAdultsSeriesUncomfortable Book:Moon Over Soho Source: Moon Over Soho
“Except even at the start, when we were in that can't-get-enough-of-you-phase, there was like some invisible wall between us. At first I tried to take it down, but it took so much effort to even make cracks. And then I got tired of trying. Then I justified it. This was just how adult relationships were, how love felt once you had a few battle scars.” TryingFirstsEnoughFeltEffortWallBattleAdultsTiredInvisibleCracksScarPhasesJustifiedBattle ScarsTired Of Trying Author:Gayle Forman