The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.
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If your children want to alter society, listen to their reasons and the idealism behind them. Don't crush them with some clever remark straight away.
Interpretation
Encourage children's idealism and understanding rather than dismissing their ideas outright.
This quote emphasizes the importance of listening to the views and aspirations of the younger generation. Instead of hastily dismissing their thoughts with sarcasm or skepticism, it advocates for fostering open dialogue and appreciating their idealistic visions, which can lead to meaningful societal change.
In practice
In a community meeting focused on educational reform, this quote could inspire parents to listen to their children's suggestions.
The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.
Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.
If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem. A scientific hypothesis is tested to absolute destruction, but medicine can't wait. If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can't wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there. The risk of delay is so enormous that we can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying.
We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather?
The sustainability revolution will, hopefully, be the third major social and economic turning point in human history, following the Neolithic Revolution - moving from hunter-gathering to farming - and the Industrial Revolution
Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy.
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent.
The attention span of children may be one of the main reasons why an immersion in on-screen reading is so engaging, and it may also be why digital reading may ultimately prove antithetical to the long-in-development, reflective nature of the expert reading brain as we know it.
I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.
It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.
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