"I've successfully lobbied and testified for stalking laws in several states, but I would trade them all for a high school class that would teach young men how to hear â€œno,â€ and teach young women that it's all right to explicitly reject."

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Source : Gavin De Becker (2013). “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)”, p.228, Dell

Gavin de Becker

#School Quotes #Men Quotes #Law Quotes

“Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All over the world, activists believe in the utility of these tools and take steps to use them accordingly. And the governments they contend with think social media tools are powerful, too, and are willing to harass, arrest, exile, or kill users in response.”
“Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.”
“The moment you say yes to acting on your desire is the real beginning.”
“I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.”
“Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.”
“I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.”
“Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.”

Source : Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).
“For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.”

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