#young person

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#each #five #follow #i #idea

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #biological #birth #cannot #eighteen

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time. ↗

— Kitty Carlisle

#any #could #days #decent #look

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#each #ears #fields #individual #just

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#help #her #him #however #i

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#came #every #here #i #i came

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#any #balance #courage #durable #embraces

I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years. ↗

— Major Owens

#available #built #concern #effort #every

Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#buy #date #forget #go #high

To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#celebrate #demeaning #dependent #grow #grow up