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" Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that. "

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" You've got to grow up sometime. "

" Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents. "

" Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. "

Laurence J. Peter

" When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.' "

Thomas Friedman

" We must tell girls their voices are important. "

Malala Yousafzai

" Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception. "

" In the public, it seems to be painted that when minorities get pregnant, they need to get abortions, especially when it comes to teen pregnancy. It's like, when black girls are pregnant, it's like a statistic, but when white girls get pregnant, they get a TV show. "

Benjamin Watson

" Youth comes but once in a lifetime. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. "

Arnold H. Glasow

" Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. "

" People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it. "

" Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18. "

" As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen. "

" Even though I was super personal with 'American Teen,' I want to tap in and not just tell my own stories but tell the stories of other people - so that I can help as many people as possible. "

" Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. "

Marilyn vos Savant

" To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. "

" You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is. "

" I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film. "

" When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen. "

" Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer. "

" As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too. "

" So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible! "

Vanessa Hudgens

" Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood. "

Louise J. Kaplan

" I was considered chubby as a teen. "

" I grew up in a small town in Kansas, so I love meeting the fans. Those are the people who spend time out of their day to watch the things that I've done, and I've gotten to do some great supernatural stuff - 'Teen Wolf' and 'The Gates' before that - so it's nice when I get to go to Comic-Con every year. "

" We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. "

" My whole life, growing up, I always wanted to be in comedy. I never felt comfortable doing the 'teen hunk' thing. "

Dustin Milligan

" I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A. "

" It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes. "

" I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are connections. They allow us to see that life exists beyond the little worlds we are currently a part of. "