Susie Orbach quotes - page 2

Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative. (Susie Orbach)
Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it. View quote
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We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it. View quote
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'Skinny' is only one body type. View quote
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I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse. View quote
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A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings. View quote
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If you continually diet, you are putting your body in a quasi-famine situation. It slows your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets don't work. They don't help you understand why you're eating more than your body wanted in the first place. View quote
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I've always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a woman in the conventional sense or breaking the boundaries, those struggles are quite difficult. View quote
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The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not visited on the children. View quote
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