Playing Outside Quotes

• I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Ideas, Differences, Creative

  FaceBook post by Barbara Corcoran from May 23, 2013

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• One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.

  Jennifer Pharr Davis

  Growing Up, Feelings, The End Of The Day

  "Pharr Davis thrives on trail". Interview with Anna Katherine Clemmons, www.espn.com. July 2, 2013.

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• The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.

  Erik Erikson

  Children, Reality, Adults

  Erik H. Erikson (1993). “Childhood and Society”, p.222, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Our kids didn't do this to themselves. They don't decide the sugar content in soda or the advertising content of a television show. Kids don't choose what's served to them for lunch at school, and shouldn't be deciding what's served to them for dinner at home. And they don't decide whether there's time in the day or room in the budget to learn about healthy eating or to spend time playing outside.

  Michelle Obama

  Home, School, Kids

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• If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.

  Guy Fieri

  Dog, Mistake, Safety Zone

  Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

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• My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do.

  Antony Garrett Lisi

  Geek, Scientist, My Friends

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• Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Running, Links, Lost

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• My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.

  Madeline Carroll

  Sports, Football, Brother

  "Meet Newcomer (and Flipped Star!) Madeline Carroll". Teen Mag Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 31, 2010.

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