"Children had a special status - protected from……" — Maggie Gallagher
"Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults."
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32 Quotes by Maggie Gallagher
Maggie Gallagher has 32 quotes on this site.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's…
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Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
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In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because…
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I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that…
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Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.
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The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial…
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Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes…
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Governor Christie's decision today violates the individual drive of men and women who no longer want to be tormented by…
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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