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Once upon a time, soft toys were for babies. Now they're taken for granted as a feature of adult life.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Adult Life Babies Feature Granted Life Now Once Soft Taken Taken For Granted Time Toys Were

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One thinks of toys and play as an area of great novelty and potentiality where all sorts of responses can be developed. The fact that adults are allowing their imaginations to have activity through toy kinds of objects is a further reflection of the belief in the imagination of the adult mind.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Activity Adult Allowing Area Belief Developed Fact Further Great Imagination Imaginations Kinds Mind Novelty Objects Play Reflection Responses Sort Thinks Through Toy Toys Where

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The kid who can play imaginatively doesn't tend to be violent. It's the same with adults.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Kid Play Same Tend Violent Who

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For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Assumption Been Children Decades Played Rubbish

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Adults spend $500 billion on games and leisure activity each year, and some adults lament that kids get $15 billion for toys.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Activity Adult Billion Each Each Year Games Get Kids Lament Leisure Some Spend Toys Year

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I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.

~Brian Sutton-Smith

Topics: Adult Caricature Children Imaginative Keep Literal Phenomenon Reality Toys Trying Understand Why

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Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults going through this world doing what they had to do. I used to like to watch them and imitate them. They all have their own distinct personalities; even though they're family, we couldn't be more different people.

~Brian Tyree Henry

Topics: Acting Adult Because Different Different People Distinct Doing Even Family Full Going Had House Imitate Like Lives Me More Never Own People Personalities Really Started Them Though Through Used Watch Were World

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As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time.

~Brie Larson

Topics: Adult Aspects Cup Every Every Time Filmmaking Having Like Line Pick Same Technical Time Understand Up You

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I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

~Brigitte Bardot

Topics: Admit Adult Care Child Enough Horrible Know Take Take Care

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Yeah, the majority of Brit+Co users are women, but DIY? You see kids DIY, adult men geeking out hardcore with anything related to woodworking and all these cool new technologies, metalwork, leatherworking, concrete making. Everyone has a passion. I truly believe it's in our DNA literally to build things.

~Brit Morin

Topics: Adult Anything Believe Build Concrete Cool Everyone Hardcore Kids Literally Majority Making Men New New Technologies Our Out Passion Related See Technologies Things Truly Users Women Yeah You Dna

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