Ucif
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Catherine Ryan Hyde:
what are the border or limite of paying forward : is it when he/she get on feet or when he/she still need little help or when you heard he lied to you or when he/she found good work source of money ..my personal opinion is: when he /she feel his eternal voice said we are ok and we don't need help what do you think ?
Catherine Ryan Hyde
I think it's a hard question to answer, Ucif, because I think everyone needs to decide for him- or herself what they want to give, when, and for whom. My own vision for Pay It Forward is more along the lines of one spontaneous act of help rather than ongoing help for another person. The reason being that I think it's usually better for the person you're helping if they don't feel too beholden to you, and so they don't start feeling that they couldn't make it without your help.
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J.R. Barker
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Catherine Ryan Hyde:
I have to admit I saw the film first, I was single digits young at the time, but when I learned it was a book I was overjoyed. I've always hoped, perhaps naively, that the concept would catch on and spread round the world. Did you have the same hope when you were writing it? I also wonder what you thought of the film, did you have any say as to what was done with it, and are you pleased with how it turned out?
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