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I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.

~Gaby Hoffmann

Topics: Added Been Belly Best Best Way Children Definitely Everybody Excited Expecting Got Had Huge Interesting Long Long Time Night Out Time Twist Up Very Way

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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.

~Gaby Hoffmann

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Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.

~Gail Carson Levine

Topics: Applaud Cheer Children Encourage Fantasy Flights Grammar Help Imagination Own Parade Rain Say Spelling Stand Stand Up Stories Then True Up Use Write

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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.

~Gail Carson Levine

Topics: Adult Book Brooklyn Children David Experience First Husband Interest Led Lyrics Me Music Musical Neighborhood Produced Theater Writing Wrote

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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Any Any Circumstances Being Between Big Big One Call Career Children Circumstances Gap Hours Involves Issue Job Juggle Kind Long Long Hours Lots Me Men Reasons Shooting Tough Trying Wages Women Work You 24-7

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I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.

~Gail Devers

Topics: Always Any Athlete Became Because Brother Children God-Given God-Given Talent Had Me Only Parents Passion Real Real Passion Should Talent Teach Use Wanted

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I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.

~Gail Devers

Topics: Always Any Athlete Became Because Brother Children God-Given God-Given Talent Had Me Only Parents Passion Real Real Passion Should Talent Teach Use Wanted

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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.

~Gail Godwin

Topics: Children Possesses Powers Race

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When you have children, that's your main focus.

~Gail Porter

Topics: Children Focus Main You Your

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In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out.

~Gail Sheehy

Topics: Admit Away Bad Been Children Dreaded Fact Failure Fearful Girlfriend Hide In Fact Italy Memoir Our Out Passages Published Ran Reviews Success

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