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> [I feel sorry for kids nowadays, because in the majority of schools across the country, the arts have been eliminated from the curriculum. There's no art; there's no music. In some cases they've taken away the libraries. They don't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-feel-sorry-for-kids-nowadays-because-in-the-majority-of-schools/)

[David Small](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-small/)

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## More by David Small

> [Even though I have this solid career in picture books, I've not only been thinking about kids - because I don't think that much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/even-though-i-have-this-solid-career-in-picture-books-i-ve-not-only/)

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> [I open journal, I look at the picture and I remember where I was. And I remember the time of day, the temperature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-open-journal-i-look-at-the-picture-and-i-remember-where-i-was-and-i/)

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> [I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven't missed them for five seconds. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-don-t-like-my-parents-i-never-will-i-didn-t-cry-at-either-of-their/)

[David Small](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-small/)

> [Humanization and coming to understand somebody as a human being is about as good a kind of forgiveness as you can get, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/humanization-and-coming-to-understand-somebody-as-a-human-being-is/)

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> [I feel sorry for kids nowadays, because in the majority of schools across the country, the arts have been eliminated from the curriculum. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-feel-sorry-for-kids-nowadays-because-in-the-majority-of-schools/)

[David Small](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-small/)

> [I do keep up at night. I try not to let my mind go to extremes in the middle of the night because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-do-keep-up-at-night-i-try-not-to-let-my-mind-go-to-extremes-in-the/)

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> [I think all kids feel that their lives are tough, and that they've, been given an unfair shake for one reason or another. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-think-all-kids-feel-that-their-lives-are-tough-and-that-they-ve/)

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> [Writing stories, adopting other characters, making up fantastic stories and tales, this is a way of perhaps enhancing who I am. Writing stories takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/writing-stories-adopting-other-characters-making-up-fantastic-stories/)

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> [I found great value in teaching students from the outset of their studies how to draw very realistically. Otherwise, you're starting deep into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-found-great-value-in-teaching-students-from-the-outset-of-their/)

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> [I used to teach on a college level, and I've taught in schools where kids just wanted to be artists, and I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-used-to-teach-on-a-college-level-and-i-ve-taught-in-schools-where/)

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> [I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know what they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-m-not-a-writer-i-know-a-lot-of-writers-i-know-a-handful-of-really/)

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> [Mama had her little cough. Once or twice, some quiet sobbing, out of sight... Or the slamming of kitchen cupboard doors. That was her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/mama-had-her-little-cough-once-or-twice-some-quiet-sobbing-out-of/)

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> [By the time that book So You Want to Be President? came along, we had already had enough presidents that had shown us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/by-the-time-that-book-so-you-want-to-be-president-came-along-we-had/)

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> [I've always been interested in a certain kind of sophistication in children's literature. I loved Roald Dahl; I loved the underlying nastiness of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-a-certain-kind-of-sophistication-in/)

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> [Leaders of the world, my message to you is simple: to achieve universal peace and understanding on this planet you have only to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-small/leaders-of-the-world-my-message-to-you-is-simple-to-achieve-universal/)

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