"American Psychological Association, the girlie-girl cultureâ€™s emphasis on beauty and play-sexiness can increase girlsâ€™ vulnerability to the pitfalls that most concern parents: depression, eating disorders, distorted body image, risky sexual behavior."

-- Peggy Orenstein

#Girl Quotes #Play Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Life is short. But desire, desire is long.”
“I believe in an ultimate decency of things.”
“Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she reigneth and rejoiceth in her hour of triumph, come not nigh unto her; but when she be ill or weary, when she is cast down in spirit and needeth a comforter, then be thou ready, and make thy suit.”
“You know, that's kind of the thing, I can't freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn't, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a great writer!”
“Shine like the whole universe is yours.”
“The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.
“Believing in an idea is dangerous! Because belief is absolute, and absolute, is unconditional, it is supreme, its ultimate and therefore fixed, which by definition will never be acceptable to change.”
“I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine.”

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