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Instead, we need to give kids projects that allow them to exercise their minds and discover things for themselves.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3268/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/3268.v4.jpg" alt="Aaron Swartz"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Aaron Swartz</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="098d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="098d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3268/098d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Seriously%2C%20who%20really%20cares%20how%20long%20the%20Nile%20river%20is%2C%20or%20who%20was%20the%20first%20to%20discover%20cheese%3F%20How%20is%20memorizing%20that%20ever%20going%20to%20help%20anyone%3F%20Instead%2C%20we%20need%20to%20give%20kids%20projects%20that%20allow%20them%20to%20exercise%20their%20minds%20and%20discover%20things%20for%20themselves.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3268%2F098d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1108/">Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/483/">Help</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1704/0a1c/">I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a1704/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/1704.v31.jpg" alt="Victoria Beckham"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Victoria Beckham</span> </a> <a href="/b651/"><span itemprop="legalName">Spice Girls</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0a1c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0a1c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1704/0a1c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27ve%20never%20been%20a%20six-foot-tall%2C%20skinny%20model%2C%20so%20therefore%2C%20I%20want%20to%20create%20an%20illusion.%20People%20always%20think%20I%27m%20taller%20than%20I%20am%20-%20not%20just%20because%20of%20the%20shoes%20I%20wear%20but%20because%20of%20the%20way%20I%20dress.%20It%27s%20all%20relatively%20streamlined.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1704%2F0a1c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3600/">Model</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2765/">Illusion</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3936/0a2a/">I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3936/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/3936.v9.jpg" alt="Padma Lakshmi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Padma Lakshmi</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0a2a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0a2a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3936/0a2a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20great%20empathy%20for%20all%20the%20contestants%20that%20come%20on%20%27Top%20Chef%2C%27%20whether%20they%20go%20home%20right%20away%20or%20they%20make%20it%20to%20the%20finish%20line.%20It%27s%20a%20very%20vulnerable%20position%20they%20put%20themselves%20in%20and%20I%20feel%20for%20them.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3936%2F0a2a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/595/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/662/">Empathy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3578/0a92/">My couch is made of cat's hair. The cushions have been obscured, and it's made of salt-and-pepper fur. I can't have visitors. I can't ask people to sit on that couch because they become implicated in the furriness of it, and they're walking around, and it's not fair to people.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3578/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/3578.v6.jpg" alt="Kate McKinnon"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kate McKinnon</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0a92"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0a92" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3578/0a92/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20couch%20is%20made%20of%20cat%27s%20hair.%20The%20cushions%20have%20been%20obscured%2C%20and%20it%27s%20made%20of%20salt-and-pepper%20fur.%20I%20can%27t%20have%20visitors.%20I%20can%27t%20ask%20people%20to%20sit%20on%20that%20couch%20because%20they%20become%20implicated%20in%20the%20furriness%20of%20it%2C%20and%20they%27re%20walking%20around%2C%20and%20it%27s%20not%20fair%20to%20people.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3578%2F0a92%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/836/">Hair</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/474/">Walking</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2706/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/2706.v4.jpg" alt="Victor Hugo"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Victor Hugo</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="013e6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="013e6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2706/013e6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20met%20in%20the%20street%20a%20very%20poor%20young%20man%20who%20was%20in%20love.%20His%20hat%20was%20old%2C%20his%20coat%20worn%2C%20his%20cloak%20was%20out%20at%20the%20elbows%2C%20the%20water%20passed%20through%20his%20shoes%2C%20-%20and%20the%20stars%20through%20his%20soul.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2706%2F013e6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/41/">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/39/">Soul</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7/">Young</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a338/015fc/">If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a338/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/338.v8.jpg" alt="Caitlyn Jenner"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Caitlyn Jenner</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="015fc"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="015fc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a338/015fc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%20are%20a%20kid%2C%20reading%20is%20really%20important%20stuff.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa338%2F015fc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/150/">Important</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/457/">Reading</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2375/01755/">In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2375/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/2375.v7.jpg" alt="Naftali Bennett"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Naftali Bennett</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01755"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01755" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2375/01755/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20a%20perfect%20world%2C%20there%20would%20be%20freedom%20of%20religion%20and%20freedom%20for%20all%20religions%20to%20exercise%20their%20religion%20everywhere.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2375%2F01755%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/779/">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/740/">Perfect</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9922/0e258/">In English, I never did the reading when it was assigned. 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