Geena Davis - Childhood Quotes

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People think of childhood as this extraordinary time of freedom, but it's not that. Being an adult is free, because you're responsible for yourself now. You get to make your own decisions. That's freedom: being in charge of yourself.

Geena Davis

Childhood is a very insecure time. My parents get upset when I talk like this, but it's not about them. It's just about the state of childhood.

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There does seem to be a trend to glamorize childhood as this only perfect time, and it's been my experience that adulthood has been preferable.

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I don't think childhood is everything it's cracked up to be. Some people have this idyllic vision of childhood as this innocent, wonderful time, or it's this time when you're a free spirit. I don't think that's true; I think it's stressful. And kids are cruel.

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