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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.

Susie Orbach

Space, Use, Want

"Britain's intellectuals: leading thinkers have their say". www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.

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Celebrity culture is something that pains me.

Susie Orbach

Pain, Culture, Celebrity Culture

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When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?

Susie Orbach

Beautiful, Girl, Growing Up

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... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

Susie Orbach

Lying, Oppression, Form

Luise Eichenbaum, Susie Orbach (1988). “Between women: love, envy, and competition in women's friendships”, Viking Pr

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The analyst's psyche operates as a kind of... something to hold on to while somebody's going through therapy, if they're deconstructing their own psyche, if that's cracking up in some way, or dissolving.

Susie Orbach

Way, Kind, Analysts

Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2011.

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In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

Susie Orbach

Body, Brands, Western

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I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.

Susie Orbach

Thinking, Style, Capacity

Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

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There is no such thing as a neutral therapist.

Susie Orbach

Therapists

Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2011.

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Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.

Susie Orbach

Trying, Needs, Consumers

"Fat is a prejudice issue" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.

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Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

Susie Orbach

Hair, Ubiquity, Faces

"Body uniformity? Don't do it, guys" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2010.

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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.

Susie Orbach

Struggle, Writing, Trying

Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

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From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

Susie Orbach

Children, Fighting, Views

"In messy divorces, somebody has to be grown up and it's not the children" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2012.

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No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.

Susie Orbach

Long, Conflict, Scots

"In messy divorces, somebody has to be grown up and it's not the children" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2012.

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I'm the sort of person who likes to undo everything.

Susie Orbach

Likes, Persons

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If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.

Susie Orbach

Wrinkles, Hiding, Cupboards

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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.

Susie Orbach

Jobs, Children, Kids

"In messy divorces, somebody has to be grown up and it's not the children" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2012.

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I'm a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets.

Susie Orbach

Thinking, People, Secret

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Born: November 6, 1946
Occupation: Psychotherapist
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