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Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. Alistair Cooke

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People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia. Allan Sloan

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The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK. Allan Sloan

When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice. Allan Sloan

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Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity. Allan Sloan

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I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news. Alma Guillermoprieto

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And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican. Alma Guillermoprieto

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I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care. Alma Guillermoprieto

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Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter. Alma Guillermoprieto

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What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next? Alma Guillermoprieto

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When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, there's part of you as a human being that feels some degree, you can say, compassion for the fact that these boys have known war, famine, violence and death from the day they were born. Amanda Lindhout

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Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by. Amanda Lindhout

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My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that mankind is inherently good by the tremendous efforts and support of fellow Canadians. Amanda Lindhout

It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free. Amanda Lindhout

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Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. Amanda Lindhout

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Maintaining my dignity is so important for me. Amanda Lindhout

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It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. Amanda Lindhout

Slow Understanding Environment Really Product

What happened to me in Somalia doesn't define me. Amanda Lindhout

Me Define Somalia Happened

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible. Amanda Lindhout

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The book is called 'A House in the Sky' because during the very, very darkest times, that was how I survived. I had to find a safe place to go in my mind where there was no violence being done to my body and where I could reflect on the life I had lived and the life that I still wanted to live. Amanda Lindhout

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I know firsthand how critical support systems are. Amanda Lindhout

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Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy. Amanda Lindhout

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I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world. Amanda Lindhout

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