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I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people under

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. – Nina Bawden

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People who dont read seem to me mysterious. I dont know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education. – Nina Bawden

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Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. – Nina Bawden

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Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. – Meir Kahane

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On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesnt come naturally. Its all necessary stuff I suppose but its not my strength. – Naomi Watts

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Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs. – Henry Villard

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I maintain by going to spin four or five days a week. I love that I can get a solid butt-kicking in 40 minutes. I also strength train two or three times a week. – Alison Sweeney

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When Im alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

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