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“The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.”

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Jessica Valenti, born on November 1, 1978, is an American writer whose work primarily focuses on gender, politics, and social justice issues. Her notable works include 'The Purity Myth: Challenging the Sexual Orthodoxy of the American Right'. more

“The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs to be some sort of acknowledgement that not everyone should parent - when parenting is a given, it's not fully considered or thought out, and it gives way too easily to parental ambivalence and unhappiness.”

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Book:Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness

Source: Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness

“I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“I always felt as a kid that I was underappreciated, invisible or weird, but I've always secretly thought people would one day appreciate what is different about me. I'm always putting that message out there.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I'm not one of those people who says 'I never read anything.' I generally read all of it.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.”

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Author:Judd Apatow

“Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. When it's a question of typography, why not? Poets have done beautiful things with typography - Apollinaire's 'Calligrammes,' that sort of thing.”

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Author:James Fenton

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