"Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood."

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Source : Nancy Atherton (1998). “Aunt Dimity's Good Deed”, p.152, Penguin

Nancy Atherton

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“chaos: it has no plural.”
“You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.”
“Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.”

Source : "Natascha McElhone: My grief". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. July 9, 2010.
“When you think about a barbecue, most people think of slabs of ribs, but you don't need to do that in today's culinary barbecue world. Short ribs, barbecue chicken, skewered shrimp, vegetable kebabs, lobster mac and cheese with or without the lobster, and a donut bread pudding for dessert that's absolutely amazing. These are things that are safe whether you're a novice or a professional. Be creative and stay within your culinary pantheon.”
“I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.”
“If there's someone that I just wan to work with in the future, I set a general meeting and I say, "I'm a really big fan. I want to meet you. I'd love to collaborate with you someday and hopefully you'll remember that for the next time you have something that I could be right for."”
“I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.”

Source : "Artur Davis: This isn't the Democratic Party I used to know". Interview With Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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