Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I never really had any friends my age. I've grown up in the adult world all my life. — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Everyone has to learn to work with people - it's part of being an adult, too. — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I think you couldn't do this role or you couldn't be Frankie Valli himself unless you had a natural falsetto. And I… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
Face flushed, I shook my head and stared at my white-knuckled grip on the bed. Of all my pet peeves, condescending adults… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When you're an only child, you get very used to pleasing the adults around you. — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
The most effective young Facebook users, however -- the ones who will probably be winners if Facebook turns out to be a… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season',… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literally, walking down that path. I was walking to work and I passed by A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco, and… — Tim Kang Copy Share Image
Every extra year you spend in a better environment makes you more likely to go to college, less likely to have a… — Raj Chetty Copy Share Image
I wish for myself as an adult that I cared less what people thought of me, especially people who don't know me. — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
My mom would have killed me before, but I'm an adult woman now, and I'm ready to show the world that you… — Cindy Margolis Copy Share Image
I have always believed that, in a story, if something traumatic or calamitous enough happens to a kid at a formative age,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The new concept of the child as equal and the new integration of children into adult life has helped bring about a… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If we desire a kinder nation, seeing it through the eyes of children is an eminently sensible endeavor: A city that is… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and,… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults. — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
By teaching our children to stay in line we create well-behaved followers. While this may make parenting a bit easier, it has… — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
