#young people

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#extension #i #job #model #other

Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#live #lives #model #nobody #people

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#diversity #early #parents #people #strength

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature. ↗

— David Amram

#create #down #encourage #generation #i

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#ambassador #bigger #bring #chess #events

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#downtown #exciting #go #great #i

The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#audience #because #energy #got #great

I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#consider #education #getting #i #i write

I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#important #like #old #people #talk

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. ↗

— David Brooks

#aspects #building #character #comes #educated