Carrie Tollefson (Carrie Anne Tollefson) Quotes
Being an Olympic runner and now a mommy, it is so important to me to help my children learn early on how to be active and stay healthy.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.
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I like children - fried.
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One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.
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As children, we all hold on to the myth of omnipotence. Comics are successful because kids identify with superheroes. They'll read a book or watch a TV programme and say, 'I'm that guy.' And that guy is always the one in control.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.
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I have been given permission to announce that I and others from 'All My Children' have been approached by the company Prospect Park, who bought 'AMC,' with the intention to move it online.
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One of the biggest gifts you can give a child is confidence, because confidence will take you miles - more than talent, more than anything else. So yes, I want my children to have confidence and to be kind.
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In England, I met a couple who run a children's home. They were very kind and showed me many nice spots in England.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
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I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.
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Using the Internet as as vehicle to work with people is fascinating. It's sort of a Pandora's box of energy for me.
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What I didn't know that by sticking to craft we would blow open some doors that I never saw opened before.
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But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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Being an Olympic runner and now a mommy, it is so important to me to help my children learn early on how to be active and stay healthy.
