Famous quotes containing the words provincial and/or level:
“The dead level of provincial existence.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“Adults understandably assume that the level of verbal proficiency a five-year-old displays represents his level of proficiency in all areas of functioningif he talks like an adult, he must think and feel like one. However, five-year-olds,... belie the promise of adult-like behavior with their child-like, impulsive actions.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)
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