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“It is not possible to remake this country, to democratize it, humanize it, make it serious, as long as we have teenagers killing people for play and offending life, destroying the dream, and making love unviable. If education alone cannot transform society, without it society cannot change either.”

People Ifs Long Country Play Dream Serious Killing Teenager Destroying Making Love Remakes Offending

Book:Pedagogy of Indignation

Source: Pedagogy of Indignation

“Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults.”

Knows Sometimes Sex Serious Adults Teenager Taboo

Book:The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Source: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Well, I think the way you feel as a teenager stays with you, forever. I really believe that. And we try to change and we hope that we change, but we don't really in big ways, in serious ways. I think the personality is formed at that time, for the good and for the bad. ... We all want to grow up and move on and appear to be different to people. And we want people to see us in a different way. But, I don't know, I think the personality is very, very strongly cemented, and we just bear whatever shortcomings we have and learn to live with it.”

People Thinking Knows Way Want Feels Trying Believe Wells Different Bigs Moving Grows Forever Growing Up Serious Personality Bears Teenager Different Ways Very Strong Shortcomings

Author:Steven Morrissey

“All we are asking for is balance. I would like to think that I could walk into a public library and find not only works by Gloria Steinem but also those of Phyllis Schlafly. I would like to think a teenager could be taught in sex education that a serious alternative to abortion is teenage abstinence, or should pregnancy occur, that adoption might be preferable. I am not trying, as the ad says, to shove religion down anyone's throat. But I do think everyone has a right, and that the Christian voice is being chocked off.”

“I think teenagers in the States grow up too fast. In Canada, kids are exposed to different things. Like school is very different; it's not nearly as social. Canadian teenagers see it as a much more serious place.”

Thinking Different States Kids School Social Grows Growing Up Serious Teenager Canada Different Things Exposed

Author:Neve Campbell

“Getting rewarded for being pregnant when you're a teenager? Are you serious? I mean, that makes me want to kill somebody.”

Want Mean Serious Teenager Pregnant Being Pregnant

Author:Chelsea Handler

“I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.”

Serious Grew Grew Up Teenager Filmmaker 80s

Author:Nicolas Winding Refn