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		I'm learning in my own sort of quiet, out-of-the-spotlight kind of way. I certainly have my general point of view about the government, and the future of our children. I'm certainly learning all the time, I'm happy to be an onlooker for now.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cathy Freeman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gayle Forman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think, if you create the right economic framework in terms of government policy, that Saskatchewan can continue to succeed and grow. Instead of having people migrate from Saskatchewan, they will be migrating to Saskatchewan. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				N. Murray Edwards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lajos Kossuth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Hudson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I've been drawing as long as I can remember. I think all children draw as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Hughes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all possess, like it or not, the people we know, and are possessed by them in turn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Boyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I found out I was pregnant, my mother said, 'Don't separate your life, the life that you're going to make with this child, from the things that you are and what you want to do.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neneh Cherry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After doing extensive research, I can definitely tell you that single malt whiskies are good to drink. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iain Banks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The word is control. That's my ultimate - to have control. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm learning in my own sort of quiet, out-of-the-spotlight kind of way. I certainly have my general point of view about the government, and the future of our children. I'm certainly learning all the time, I'm happy to be an onlooker for now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cathy Freeman