Youngsters Quotes - Page 3

• Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.

  Alexander Alekhine

  Player, Risk, Innovation

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• I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky

  Jennifer Lopez

  Live Life, People, Freaky

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• The most pleasure any manager can get is seeing everyday boys joining the Club as youngsters and growing into men and giving themselves a better social standing than they could ever have dreamed of previously.

  Jock Stein

  Boys, Men, Giving

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• I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn't realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they'd see themselves. Everybody is a star.

  Bootsy Collins

  Stars, School, Glasses

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• I think it is good for youngsters to see me at 45 still jogging around the track. If me being here gives them a boost then thats great.

  Linford Christie

  Thinking, Track, Giving

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• Now, I don’t want any of you youngsters to worry — you’ll still have your Potions master when I’m through with him, never fear!” “Wouldn’t it be good if they finished each other off?” Ron muttered in Harry’s ear.

  J. K. Rowling

  Worry, Want, Ears

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that in some fields-mathematics, physics, some others-the great discoveries are almost entirely made by youngsters.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Discovery, May

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• Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

  Linford Christie

  Athlete, Track, Coaching

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• Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

  Edward de Bono

  Teaching, Thinking, Employment

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• His parents called him Youngster. They did this in the subconcious hope that he might take the hint. Wensleydale gave the impression of having been born with a mental age of 47.

  Terry Pratchett

  Parent, Age, Hints

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• In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

  Eoin Colfer

  Children, Thinking, Parent

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• Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance.

  Isaac Asimov

  Believe, Ignorance, Danger

  Isaac Asimov (2011). “The Naked Sun”, p.8, Spectra

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• Good to see a youngster who appreciates the importance of being......Well Armed. But...That's not how we play TAG......Where I come from. ~Train Heartnet

  Kentaro Yabuki

  Play, Appreciate, Tag

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• If you are interested in happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters.

  Daniel Handler

  Book, Reading, Would Be

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• Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who receive no help simply because they are silent. (41)

  Stephen Dobyns

  Attention, Helping, Miserable

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• I think that if I could do any sort of research of autism that I wanted to do, at this point I would take a sample of classic, early infantile autism persons and compare them with what I call "classic late onset autism", individuals. I think we will find that the cause of those youngsters with autism who have autism from birth is probably different than those who have late onset autism.

  Darold Treffert

  Thinking, Autism, Different

  "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part II: D". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 13, 2011.

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• American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Son, Careers, People

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “ON THE CONTRARY”

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• As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

  Lynn Davies

  Sports, Athlete, Ambition

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• The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. 'Yes', she replied 'but not the same ones.'

  David Finkelstein

  Funny, Mom, Mother

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• There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.

  Johnny Evers

  Character, Friendly, Helping

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• Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

  Willie Mays

  League, Littles, Little League

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• Sourav's greatest asset is his ability to communicate. He is a naturally very confident person. He encourages his team, is a great motivator and a born captain. He is not the media's blue eyed boy because he is a very straightforward person, who never minces his words, instead he talks in a no nonsense manner to the press. He shares an extremely healthy rapport with his teammates. His leadership skills are also vouched for by the youngsters in the team. He has phenomenal brand value. He's the new-age Indian, an aggressive go-getter, full of self-belief, determination.

  Ravi Shastri

  Determination, Team, Boys

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• Ever since Sourav became the captain, I do not feel like a youngster in the team any more. Everybody is treated equally and Sourav himself is extremely approachable and a pillar of strength. Sourav stood by me when I was struggling. I owe a great deal to him for standing by me at the most important time. I can't express my gratitude to him in words.

  Harbhajan Singh

  Gratitude, Team, Struggle

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• As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

  Zig Ziglar

  Mother, Children, People

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• I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters.

  Pele

  People, Treats, Knows

  Source: www.global-leaders.tv

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