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adolescence
«At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?»
Author: Jules Feiffer
| Keywords:
adolescence, assertive, break in, confident, confused, Forty five, indecisive, insecure, maturity, prepossessing, self-confident, sixteen, Twenty Five
«I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.»
«Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.»
Author: Cesare Pavese
(Critic, Novelist, Poet, Translator)
| About:
Childhood
| Keywords:
adolescence, formed, impressions, maturity, multiplied, multiplied by, reflections, The Impressions
«Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.»
Author: Coco Chanel
(Fashion designer)
| About:
Future
| Keywords:
adolescence, elegance, escaped, possession, prerogative, prerogatives, taking possession
«Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.»
«Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| Keywords:
adolescence, Eliminating, grownup, grownups, Modern Age, preoccupation, responsibilities, rewards, scholarship, skills, Spheres, stable, The Modern Age
