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The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more… — Alfred Bester
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise… — Paula Gunn Allen
I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who shows her unconditional… — Sonia Sotomayor
I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate… — Maurice Sendak
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. — William Steig
Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a… — Maureen Johnson
Some favorite expressions of small children: "It's not my fault...They made me do it...I forgot." Some favorite expressions of adults: "It's not my job...No one… — Josiah Stamp
We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at… — Karl A. Menninger
Our youth want less adult contact if that co ntacttreats them like boys. They want more adult contact that treats them like young men. Tired… — Michael Gurian
On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child. — Nigella Lawson
Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. The new project is an infant and will remain one for… — Peter Drucker
There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim… — Unknown Author
Adult women, all of us, have to come to grips with how we have been affected by gender norms, and how we have been silenced.… — Jane Fonda
Rage-the biggest, truest rage of her adult life-had invaded her like a fever, but it wasn't like any fever she had known previously. It circulated… — Stephen King
As adult women, we're better able to protect ourselves emotionally. We understand we don't need to spend time with people who don't make us feel… — Deborra-Lee Furness
I feel about exercise the same way that I feel about a few other things: that there is nothing wrong with it if it is… — Anna Quindlen
When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able to heal the… — Cheri Huber
When you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness. — Glen Duncan
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really… — Bobby McFerrin
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. — Sherman Alexie
I have heard upscale adult U.S. citizens ask the ship's Guest Relations Desk whether snorkeling necessitates getting wet...I now know the precise mixocological difference between… — David Foster Wallace
There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and… — David Foster Wallace
Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude-but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal… — David Foster Wallace
He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to… — Thomas Jefferson

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