"The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to."
-Andrew Shue
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"If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.“
-Andrew Shue
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"Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not."
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