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Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But just as other trappings of modern childhood, from homework to technology, are subject to the law of diminishing returns, there is a danger of overscheduling the young.

~Carl Honore

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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

~Carl Lewis

Topics: Athlete Between Childhood Correlation Professional Professional Athlete Success

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One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars at her house. My sister and I would argue over who could eat the chocolate bars. Looking back, I don't know why we just didn't share. We could have split them.

~Carla Hall

Topics: Always Argue Back Bars Bowl Childhood Childhood Memories Chocolate Could Early Early Childhood Eat Grandmother Having Her House Just Know Looking Looking Back Memories Over Share Sister Split Them Who Why Would

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Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

~Carlos Ghosn

Topics: Acquire Basic Bathing Been Being Childhood Environment Give Going Instincts Intuition Later May Multicultural Never Spontaneous You

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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.

~Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Topics: Always Angeles Back Become Came Childhood Fantastic Had Image Jazz Liked Los Los Angeles Mind Place Places Somebody Stuff Things Those Welles Where

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My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.

~Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Topics: Age Books Childhood Early Early Age Fascinated Ideas Language Out Printed Seek Storytelling Surrounded Them Very Very Early Age Word Would Writing

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I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.

~Carol Ann Duffy

Topics: Between Bit Childhood Ella Know Mine Sinister Sounds Space Write I Write

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Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

~Carol Ann Duffy

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My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We were on welfare, but I never felt abandoned or unloved.

~Carol Burnett

Topics: Abandoned Childhood Felt Knew Loved Mean Never Nobody Parents Poor Rough Unloved Welfare Were

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It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, 'Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived childhood', but I didn't feel that way at all. It's all about the attitude at home.

~Carol Vorderman

Topics: About Attitude Childhood Deprived Dreadful Feel Home How Little Me Poor Really Say Way You

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