And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.
I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
I was in the playground, like, 'Let's imitate the Spice Girls and form a girl group!' I would go home and sing into my hairbrush and act like Britney Spears. I was no Mozart.
Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl.
I've always been the long-term relationship, go-home-and-meet-mom girl.
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.
When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
I have always loved a hard-faced girl. I get that Alison Goldfrapp isn't easy, and I like her belligerence. She's deeply sexy and controlled, like a Strict Machine, and it seems to wind the b'jesus out of the women I know. On the outside, I watch and smile and will her on like a twisted silent maiden aunt in the dark corner.
To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.
I'm single... if girls like me, hey, that's great. I think that's awesome.
I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
I remember seeing the movie 'To Sir With Love' when I was a little girl.
When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.
I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.
I've dated girls and I always wait for that one right time to kiss. I don't kiss on the first date, so I'll take a girl out to dinners, and we'll go bowling, and I make sure to charm them before I do it.
I think Jennifer Lawrence is a brilliant role model for young girls, not some of the models that I see on the runway.
You always gotta reach the people who feel bad about themselves or insecure about themselves, and I think 'Like 'Em All' was just a perfect song for all the girls, and I think that's why it blew up like it did.
I'm a country girl at heart.
I just loved playing the mean girl. When you're not like a character, it's kind of fun to play.
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
For me, in a world full of armies of stylists and makeup artists, what I think truly makes a fashion icon is how a girl dresses when she's off duty and she has to put her own looks together - no small challenge!
What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.
I didn't want to be the girl who posed in 'Playboy' and then - by the way - made some music.
I grew up in Alice, Texas, a small oil town with one theater that only showed Roy Rogers movies. So when I got the role, I had never even seen a Bond film and had only had a vague notion about the idea of a Bond girl.
I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
I'm a big French fry girl. I try to avoid them, but sometimes you just need to indulge, so I go for it!
I have learned that not diamonds but divorce lawyers are a girl's best friend.
I'm an average, everyday girl.
'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
I was a huge 'Deadwood' fan because I'm a huge David Milch fan, so I've always wanted to play something like Calamity Jane on 'Deadwood' and just be the biggest Western tomboy girl, ever.
I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.
It would be pretty awesome to hear Eminem singing 'I'm a Good Girl'. Haha! Love Eminem!
Living with these teenage boys allowed me to see how much their psyches were like their girl counterparts. They were more familiar to me than I would have thought.
I had a professor in graduate school who told us, 'Know what you're good at, and do that thing.' And I thought, 'Hands down, I'm an ensemble girl. I'm a fierce ensemble girl. I am dependable.' I was never seen for the ingenue or the leading lady.
I am the girliest girl.
I like being a woman, not a girl.
