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title: "3 Children Decide Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Like craftsmen in a medieval guild, NASA engineers hoped that one day their children would decide to take up the mantle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-lee-shetterly/like-craftsmen-in-a-medieval-guild-nasa-engineers-hoped-that-one-day/)

[Margot Lee Shetterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-lee-shetterly/)

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> [“I agree that the golden rule trumps all," said Kim. "But I don't think we have the right to make decisions for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-heitmeyer/i-agree-that-the-golden-rule-trumps-all-said-kim-but-i-don-t-think-we/)

[Steven Heitmeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-heitmeyer/)

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> [It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children decide they don't want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hoagland/it-would-be-hard-to-define-chaos-better-than-as-a-world-where/)

[Edward Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hoagland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/edward-hoagland-14156_chaos_it-would-be-hard-to-define-chaos-better_2294743.png)

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