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Before games, the smell of burgers wafts down from the stands. — Gary Neville

All is fair in love and songwriting. — Norah Jones

Simpson Rowe was quick to say that only perpetrators are responsible for assault, but assertiveness and self-advocacy are crucial defensive skills. — Peggy Orenstein

Inexperienced leaders are quick to lead before knowing anything about the people they intend to lead. But mature leaders listen, learn and then lead. — John C. Maxwell

To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron

Encouraging girls to explore sexuality within mutually caring, emotionally connected relationships is one thing; insisting on it is another. — Peggy Orenstein

Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now. — Peggy Orenstein

As long as adults still avoid open discussion on sexuality, teens will inevitably seek information on today's electronic street corner. — Peggy Orenstein

But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model. — Peggy Orenstein

I never expected, when I had a daughter, that one of my most important jobs would be to protect her childhood from becoming a marketers' land grab. — Peggy Orenstein

It is to the eccentrics that the world owes most of its knowledge. — Rose Macaulay

The point of creativity is to express and challenge yourself, to make meaning, to embrace your life. — Peggy Orenstein

Money is the root of all good. — Ayn Rand

In the manner of one recognizing a line from a familiar poem in a strange book. — Neil Gaiman

The unchangeable can only be realised in silence. Once realised,
it will deeply affect the changeable, itself remaining unaffected. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The meantime, I don't know who you are, but you — William Peter Blatty

Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss. — Peggy Orenstein

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality. — Bob Marley

Children as young as twelve to eighteen months can recognize brands, it went on, and are "strongly influenced" by advertising and marketing. Yikes! — Peggy Orenstein

Saying "yes" [to sexual activity] is a pretty low baseline for sexual experience and I wanted to write about what was happening to girls after "yes." — Peggy Orenstein

Leaving something unnamed makes it quite literally unspeakable: a void, an absence, a taboo. — Peggy Orenstein

I found that in a perverse way our culture and parents are far more comfortable talking about girls' vicitimization than girls' sexual agency. — Peggy Orenstein

He was getting to the point that he didn't understand why tax attorneys didn't just kill themselves. — Orson Scott Card

Displaying yourself as sexy doesn't do anything to increase sexual self-knowledge or pleasure. — Peggy Orenstein

All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim. — Peggy Orenstein

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty. — Kathryn Harrison

Honey, I am going to my grave with my eyelashes and my makeup on. — Tammy Faye Bakker

I'd believed I could keep out the tales and the toys but had failed on both counts. — Peggy Orenstein

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time. — Mary Karr