Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.

You see my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14 and we used to move from time to time because of her work.

Remember as long as you live that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

I definitely think there could be stricter teen driving laws.

I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it.

School districts in the US don't adopt technology very quickly.

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

My father was a teacher and there were teachers all around his friends they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict but it's a hell of a teacher.