“My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California.” TryingHalfOur LivesWifeSpecialAdultsMy WifeCalifornia Author:Pete McCloskey
“With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.” PainGraceChildhoodSpecialPeriodsUniqueAdultsCoreIgnorantBlissLamentIgnorant Bliss Author:Barry Privett
“Every kid thinks they have something special about themselves. Every adult thinks they have a big idea at some point in their life. Rather than pursue every thing they possibly can to prepare themselves to enable their idea or special talent, they tend to wing it and make excuses.” ThinkingIdeasBigsKidsSpecialTalentAdultsWingsExcusePursueSomething SpecialBig IdeasSpecial Talents Author:Mark Cuban
“From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time to master the things they will need to know in order to survive as adults.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenYoungOrderChildhoodSpecialMastersPerspectivePeriodsAdultsBreathingProtectedImmaturity Author:Alison Gopnik
“Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who must be subjugated to society's goals to a precious being who must be protected from unreasonable social demands. Childhood has come to be seen as a special period of life, rather than as a temporary state of no lasting importance for adulthood.” YearsChildrenStatesPastSocialGoalChangeChildhoodSpecialChangedPeriodsDemandAdultsImportanceIllErasLastingTemporaryConceptionProtectedAdulthoodOver The PastUnreasonable Author:Sandra Scarr
“As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.” WritingMindFirstsChildrenHas BeensBookAgeWantedLastsYoungCertainCoursesNovelWrittenSpecialAdultsSticksSeriesYoung AdultGenreDividedFavouriteSpecial To Me Author:Michael Scott
“There are thus two tasks for the Mass Media division of Unesco, the one general, the other special. The special one is to enlist the press and the radio and the cinema to the fullest extent in the service of formal and adult education, of science and learning, of art and culture. The general one is to see that these agencies are used both to contribute to mutual comprehension between different nations and cultures, and also to promote the growth of a common outlook shared by all nations and cultures.” ArtTwoDifferentUsedCultureNationsGrowthCommonSpecialMediaMassAdultsTasksPressesRadioCinemaAgencyMutualDivisionFormalOutlookComprehensionMass MediaUnescoAdult EducationArt And CultureSpecial One Author:Julian Huxley
“I love exploring the relationship between fathers and daughters. I think that's a special thing, especially with daughters who are dealing with being adults. That's fascinating to me. I've had a lot of very interesting parenting techniques that I've employed with my own daughter that have worked really well, so far.” ThinkingWellsFatherMy OwnInterestingSpecialDaughterAdultsTechniqueFascinatingExploringEmployedVery InterestingSpecial Things Author:Tim Daly
“I think you couldn't do this role or you couldn't be Frankie Valli himself unless you had a natural falsetto. And I had sort of discovered it by accident as a child or a young adult when you realize you have a special skill that you don't really have any use for you, and you just take it out at parties or to amuse your friends or to annoy your girlfriends.” ThinkingChildrenUseYoungRealizingNaturalPartyRolesSpecialSkillsAdultsYoung AdultAccidentsGirlfriendAnnoyingYour GirlfriendFalsetto Author:John Lloyd Young
“In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training. Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. They have no special devices, material, or institutions for teaching save in connection with initiation ceremonies by which the youth are inducted into full social membership. For the most part, they depend upon children learning the customs of the adults, acquiring their emotional set and stock of ideas, by sharing in what the elders are doing.” ChildrenLittlesIdeasYoungSocialGroupsTeachingSpecialYouthEmotionalMaterialsDependsNeededTrainingAdultsConnectionsInstitutionsRelyDevicesCustomsAssociationLoyalSavagesFormalDispositionCeremonyEldersMembershipInitiationChildren LearningSocial Groups Book:Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education Source: Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
“What fuels me is that there are a lot of people coming to Broadway and to the show [Aladdin] for the first time. Lots of kids and lots of adults and it's usually the kids were it's a special moment for them.” PeopleFirstsMomentsShowsKidsSpecialAdultsFirst TimeFuelBroadwaySpecial Moments Author:Adam Jacobs
“I believe an adult must intervene. You really have to. Kids just don't have the emotional maturity to deal with bullying and it can be extremely damaging; it can be life-changing. So I see that as a special thing that people need to be very careful in how they handle bullying.” PeopleNeedsBelieveKidsI BelieveDealsSpecialEmotionalAdultsCarefulHandleMaturityLife ChangingBullyingSpecial ThingsEmotional Maturity Author:Megyn Kelly