"Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals."
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"You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.“
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"If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it."
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"I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two."
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"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."
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