“My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn’t achieve the things she wanted to.” ChildrenWantedYoungMotherAchieveTensionHaving Children Author:Natalie Merchant
“When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.” ThinkingChildrenDreamWould BeRememberGoalAchieveFootballProudOne DayUnbelievableStadiumsFootballerMilan Author:Andriy Shevchenko
“If you try to impose a rigid discipline while teaching a child or a chimp you are working against the boundless curiosity and need for relaxed play that make learning possible in the first place... learning cannot be controlled; it is out of control by design. Learning emerges spontaneously, it proceeds in an individualistic and unpredictable way, and it achieves its goal in its own good time. Once triggered, learning will not stop--unless it is hijacked by conditioning.” IfsWayNeedsTryingFirstsChildrenPlayGoalTeachingAchieveDesignDisciplineCuriosityGood TimesControlledUnpredictableRelaxedConditioningBoundlessIndividualistic Author:Roger Fouts
“If there's any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it's flawed logic. It's just I simply can't accept that. It's unacceptable to think that there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindChildrenStatesActionAmericaUnitedCompassionAcceptingUnited StatesAchieveBehaviorLogicTerroristObjectivesInnocentIslamicComparisonUnited States Of AmericaTacticsFlawedDecencyExtremistIslamic Extremists Author:George W. Bush