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		Children...need most of the same things adults need - consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caroline Pratt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mara Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Boxer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				India de Beaufort 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Honore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Friday 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Forsyth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Denis Diderot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Off pitch, I keep things simple. I enjoy spending time with my family. I never forget my roots and regularly give back to children in West Africa. I support several youth associations, and I am also involved in the protection of the forest in my country [Ivory Coast]. When away from home, I mostly miss people and enjoying a good laugh with my peers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yaya Toure 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the frequently-asked-question category, the question I get asked almost as much as 'What's the worst thing you've ever eaten?' is 'What's the best pair of pants to travel in, work in, trek in, and use on the road for the most activities possible?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrew Zimmern 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a rule that it was better to be bored by yourself than to be bored with someone else. I pretty much lived by that rule. Maybe that's why I didn't have any friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Alire Saenz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Ackerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Children...need most of the same things adults need - consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caroline Pratt