"When I was little, I was taught - that if you see something wrong, - you shouldn 't be afraid to say so." "Seventy percent of Cooperative Society Elanto's workers are women." "Why don't you train more women for management positions?" "Ylermi and I agree with you." "We'll always have room for one woman." " That's not enough." "One is a start." "Start training her tomorrow then." "Master of Laws Halonen." "I would like to add that - the Employment Contracts Act prohibits employers - from treating employees differently based on gender." "I doubt the women at EIanto, - given that they make up 70 percent of the workers, - are so inferior to men - that they could have just one seat in management." "You have a husband and a child - and you're a prominent figure in society with a prominent career." "Now you've started fighting for gay rights - as the chairwoman for SETA." "Why?" "I think we all have a responsibility to help others when we can." "People at SETA think they'll benefit from my expertise." "So homosexuality isn't a personal cause?" "I'll give a straight answer to a straight question." "As you said earlier, I have a husband and a child." "I belong to the sexual majority." "I'm an ordinary heterosexual." "I've never planned my career or my Iife." "I think it's better that way." "Even when I was the foreign minister, " "I never dreamed of one day being the president." "Presidential candidate Halonen has had to revise her campaign." "Halonen holds fourth place in polls - with an 18-percent share of the votes." "That's not true." "The next president will have to bring back..." " Not true." "We've all seen them." " What about crisis management?" "Who's been able to cooperate with them?" " I said that..." "And cooperation with the Baltic states?" "I said..." " And the Northern Dimension?" "Let's look at the Baltic states." "We have 15 seconds left until zero hour at 6 pm." "We'II get the numbers shortly." "Here are the columns." "Tarja Halonen is surprisingly in the lead with 51.2 percent." "Esko Aho has 48.8 percent." "This means Halonen has 35.000 more votes than Aho." "HELSINKI-FILMI AND FUNNY FILMS PRESENT" "MADAM PRESIDENT" "The Czech ambassador." "please." "Well, you are a legal lobbying organization." "How do you think your goals fit in - with what's going on in Finland?" "Your focus is to make Finland - the world's best country for entrepreneurs." "I don't believe that the best country for entrepreneurs - is the best country for everyone else." "Have you considered the goals - of other segments of the population?" "When we look at small and medium-sized enterprises, - we can see that social responsibility plays - a large role in their activities." "We want to do our share for the wellbeing of our society." "Our goal is responsible cooperation - that benefits all parties." "According to your statistics, - in 2009 there were 83.000 female entrepreneurs." "That's one third of all entrepreneurs." "What is their role in your organization?" "What?" " I'II tell you when to do it." "What will you do?" "I don't normally press anything." "You'll press the green one and then I'II press record." "Why can't I press record?" " You can if you want." "Because I know how it works." "This and then this." "Okay, you can do it." "We made a test call earlier." "I requested this phone call last Friday." "He can be anywhere in the world." "Good afternoon." "I think Minister-Counselor Belyaev is on the line." "Okay." "We'll say "good afternoon" to him too." "Hello?" " Hello?" "Hello, this is Sergey Belyaev from Moscow." "Hello." "Good afternoon." "How are you?" "Hello." "Just one moment, please." "I'll get the prime minister on the line." "Yo-hoo?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Not yet?" " One moment." "I'm sorry." "That's okay." "Here we go." "Belyaev, are you there?" "Yes, I am." "And you have nice bells over there." "That's my grandmother's clock." "It's the only thing I brought here from my home." "It reminds me that time goes by." "Hello?" " The prime minister is on the line now." "STATE VISIT TO RUSSIA, MOSCOW" "I'm glad you found time for this phone call - at such short notice." "Honored guests and dear journalists, " "President Halonen is always a welcomed guest in our country." "I'm very happy that this state visit was possible." "I'm curious about the future." "I would like to hear about - your plans regarding the modernization of Russia, - your views on globalization and sustainable development - and all the other topics we've enjoyed discussing." "We always run out of time." "We're not in a hurry." " That's right." "As long as I make it to Kazan tomorrow." "VISIT TO FORSSA, FINLAND" "This is just for looking pretty." "It isn't useful in any way." "Last year people said - that they don't want people to beg in Finland." "People think beggars will steal things." "Did you make that decision?" " You mean the Romanian beggars?" "No, I didn't." "It was the mayor of Helsinki." "They tried to find a way to preserve an old Finnish custom:" "it's okay to ask for money if you don't have any, - but not as a profession." "You can't give money to the poor anymore." "I think they'll come here again." "Will they put them in jail?" " No, they won't." "We all have the right to ask for money from others if we need to, - but they're trying to find other solutions." "They're trying to lie." " No." "Have you talked about this at home?" "You can tell them they're trying to find a solution." "You see, the beggars come from very poor countries." "Tomorrow we're flying..." "President, tomorrow we're flying - to Thailand from Finland's biggest airport." " Oh." "Do it four or five times." "And then down." "This is the most fun trip I've ever been on." " Thanks." "I guess we started off pretty well then." "Men rarely choose flowers as a motif." "Normal glass breaks if you step on it." "This is seven times more durable - than normal glass." "Normal glass would break under similar circumstances." "It shatters like this." "There needs to be 40 pieces in a 5x1 -centimeter piece - for it to meet the standard." "The edge is very sharp." "But it's still in one piece." " Yes." "But if it breaks in an open space, the pieces will spread out." "I wrapped plastic around it to keep it in one piece." "The chow last night was really good." " The others said the same." "I told Ann-Marie that maybe she just liked the company so much." "She said it was okay." "Who did you sit next to?" "I sat next to the Bhutanese ambassador's wife." "I Iearned all kinds of things about Bhutan." "The Botswanan ambassador is a great guy." " Yes, he is." "Teemu, who did you sit next to?" "I sat next to the Iraqi and Korean ambassadors' wives." "Can you give us a review of the topics you discussed?" "please, not now while they're recording." "alright." "Shall we start with the Middle East?" " Sure." "PRESIDENTIAL SESSION GOVERNMENT PALACE" "People love parliament and the president - and the two go well together." "Governments can be dismissed at any time." "There were 6 different governments - during my 12 years as president." "Amendment to the Prison Act." "Chapter 4, paragraphs 1 and 11." "Emissions Trading Act." "Railway Act." "Look what people have sent me." "I picked out a pair for each of you." "CABINET MEETING" "This is Paivi's." "You can trade, just don't do it while I'm here." "These are for..." " How lovely!" "." "These are for..." "Check the sizes." "I probably have the smallest feet." " These are for you." "We'II all have to wear these in Namibia and South Africa." "For you military people - we'II get something that will make you warm on the inside." "Sure." "I'm sure you have piles of army socks at home." "Thank you." "Pentti has a pile of woolen socks at home." " That's right." "For the rest of my Iife." " alright." "Let's go over the schedule." "State visits to Finland." "Tatarstan's president is coming in March." "Who'II take care of it?" " I will, Esteemed President." "Put it somewhere around here." " Yes, we'II do that." "Check the list to make sure the date is okay." "Then visits abroad." "The program for the South African summit on global sustainability - isn't finalized yet, right?" " Right." "Esteemed President, - the South Africans haven't published it yet." "Next item." "Visits to Turkey and Serbia." "Madam President, we'II come back from South Africa on Saturday, - and on Sunday we'II travel to Turkey and Serbia - to make preparations for the visit." " Delegate." "Delegate." "No one told you to do it." "Don't get greedy." "I'II have to look in the mirror." " alright." "You're not letting Kaarle do it?" " He'II be on vacation then." "Excuses." " He'II recharge his batteries." "It's better that the same people don't go to both places." "Other than that, I won't interfere in your work." "Will she sit here?" " I think she'II sit here and speak from there." "But we'II reserve this seat for her?" " Yes." "It's better that way." "Namibia is almost as big as Germany and France together." "The world's second most sparsely populated country after Mongolia." "Nice." "I'II be the president of a densely populated country." "Most of the population lives in the north, in Ovamboland." "Is Foreign Minister Nujoma related to the other Nujomas?" "Yes, he's the son of former President Nujoma." "Tarja Halonen." "Thank you." "Have a nice trip!" "." "The government also wishes you a nice trip!" "." "STATE VISIT TO NAMIBIA" "Excuse me, Minister." "How do you know Tarja Halonen?" "We met in the 1970s." " No, it was in the late 1960s." "In the late 1960s - when I came to Helsinki to study at the university." "She was about to graduate - from law school." "She was also active - in the National Union of University Students in Finland." "I received a scholarship to study in Finland from the union." "Later we met through trade union work." "We've also held many similar political positions." "We've worked in social and health services." "This is proof that - a scholarship student or a refugee - can have an impact on international politics 40 years later." "Ronkainen." "Ahlfors is absent." "Vanner." "Sykko." "He's on his way." "We need to move on." "Esteemed Madam President." "It's a pleasure to present our project to you." "We've worked on it together with Namibians." "I'II talk about it and we'II play a CD in the background." "We'II hear music from Jaakko Loytty and Pekka Simojoki." "They made the music - so that the renovations - of the children's ward at the Onandjokwe Hospital - could be financed with proceeds from the record." "It would be nice for us to speak Finnish, - but you can speak English so that others will understand too." "Nickey Iyambo and I will understand." "Oh, I was asked to speak Finnish." " Yes, it was a great start." "A president can't climb barricades." "I had to Iearn a new way to take action." "I am a child of the 1960s." "Sometimes people say those values are outdated." "I think good values get better with age." "MEETING IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA" "I thought it was strange that in 2006 I was accused of - not working enough in 2000-2006 - because Finland hadn't benefited enough." "It was such an egocentric view." "I said that Finland was part of the world - and the value of Finnish work is determined abroad - and that we only have this planet and so on." "They said I only focused on making the world a better place." "Even though we had done a whole lot of things in Finland." "There is an enormous and unbearable gap - between rich and poor countries." "The gap must be closed." "It can be done if all countries cooperate." "I believe we can work on these issues - in the UN Panel on global Sustainability - chaired by South Africa's president Jacob Zuma and myself." "Kalle here, - driving from the presidential residence to the cathedral." "Kalle driving from the presidential residence to the cathedral." "Here now the news." "The new parliament will convene today." "It is still uncertain if the Finns Party, - the second largest party in parliament, - will be part of the government." "Kalle is moving." "MP Kaariainen has this deep bass voice..." "Dear members of parliament, " "Finnish people have shown their trust in you." "I wish you success and hope you'II make wise decisions - in your demanding work." "I declare the 2011 parliamentary session open." "The prime minister and the president meet, - and the prime minister will tender her formal resignation - and the president will accept it." "I don't know if I should say this to you, - but this is a historical moment." "It might be some time before you see this again, president and prime minister both women." "Madam President, - after the parliamentary election on April 17th, 2011, - and the opening of the parliamentary session, " "I tender my resignation as prime minister - as well as the resignation of the other ministers." "Thank you." "I accept your resignation, but I'd Iike to ask you - to continue to work as a caretaker government - until the new government is formed." " Sure." "Thank you." "MANTYNIEMI OFFICIAL RESIDENCE" "alright." "I can't hear anything." " He said they're close." "You can't hear them here." " True." "Are the people there already?" "Let's go." "He'II join us when he comes." "Shall we go?" "Let's wait a couple of minutes." "Esteemed President, shall we go?" " Okay, Iet's go." "The Finns Party Parliamentary Group." "You were ordered to form a column, right?" "I think I know you all, but I'd still like you to say your name." "Later you can tell me which electoral district you're from." "Hello." "We already introduced ourselves a bit." "I'm sure you know or recognize my husband, Pentti Arajarvi." "Paivi Kairamo-Hella is secretary general." "Eila Nevalainen is the head of press relations." "Sanna Viitanen is the youngest - but also the Iongest-standing of my advisers." "She joined us in 2000." "Since then she's had two children and earned an academic degree, - but that didn't stop her from working full time." "The handsome man in the back is Kaarle Wikstrom." "He's one of our three aides-de-camp." "They work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - and 12 months a year." "It's not Iike in Sweden." "The Crown Princess has twelve aides-de-camp." "And they work a month..." "... a month a year." "Things are different in Sweden." "My name is Tarja Halonen and this is my husband." "I also have other functions." "Those of you who've been here before - might remember that there used to be a red painting here." "Nowwe have Puotila's work in the same place." "The inside of the piece is red." "It's a bit like social democracy." "On the contrary..." "But I've been criticized for being red on the inside." "There should be more." "I'II check who's missing." "You have to take care of yourself." " Yes." "Go talk to her." "Go." "AII over the world - the size of a female leader's handbag is scrutinized." "It's either too big or too small." "It's a way to subordinate women." "That famous article in gloria magazine was just great." "They wrote that - a woman only needs a handbag to give her a Iittle security." "And an aide-de-camp could put - some of my stuff, Iike pantyhose, in his pocket?" ""A little security" for the commander-in-chief." "Yeah right." "We spoke earlier about the Nobel Peace Prize - and were a bit upset that there were three winners." "They awarded Liberia's president Johnson-Sirleaf, - a Liberian women's right activist - and even managed to draw attention to the Arab Spring." "Each of the women should've gotten their own prize." "The Dalai Lama and all the other guys didn't have to share theirs." "OPEN HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE" "This is the second open house ever." "Is this your first time?" " Yes." "Where did you come from?" " Vantaa." "What has impressed you most?" "I think the lamps and the ceiling structure are magnificent." "There's so much history here, - and everything is so clean and shiny." "So you've only seen the palace on TV before this visit?" " Yes." "You're not tired at all?" "A little?" "If you turn that way, they'II take a photo of us." "What will your parents think when they see it?" " They'II like it." "Oh, they will?" "Great." "I hope you have a nice tour." "Hello." " Hello." "I hope I'm not disturbing your interview." "Welcome to the palace." " Thank you." "At least part of the reason why I was elected president - was that people thought I'm one of them." "A girl from the working-class neighborhood of Kallio." "Someone who's easy to approach, - even when she's at the gas station, - standing in line for the toilet." "It is hard sometimes." "For example, when your cat is sick - and you're wondering if you have to put her down." "I couldn't take her to the veterinarian myself - because it would cause chaos in the waiting room." "The vet would probably also be a Iittle nervous." "I told them not to leave before you come." " That's lovely." "BOOK FAIR Don't worry, they won't leave." "please say hello to him." " Hello." "Hannu Makela." " Tarja Halonen." "Will you sign my book?" " Sure." "Ask him to do that onstage." " Sure." "Will you be on a first-name basis?" "Hannu, isn't it better to be on a first-name basis?" " Absolutely." "We're a girl and a guy from Kallio - and we're about the same age." "Apparently it wasn't you - who always lured me behind the trash cans." "No, it wasn't me." "I wasn't the one to initiate things." "My foster sister and I would say - if we thought something wasn't fair." "Life wasn't always so pretty in Kallio." "My mom used to say, " ""The world isn't a fair place." "We're here to make it better."" "I'II place the guests on this side, - and the vice principal and I will receive her here." "And her car will come from there?" " Yes." "Good morning." "Or good day, however you Iike it." " Good day." "Honored guests, " "I'II now reveal the name plate of the president." ""Tarja Halonen, the 11 th president of the Republic of Finland, - attended school in this building 1950-1954."" "And the same in Swedish." "I Iook at the plate and think - that when I was your age, I couldn't imagine - that one day a plate on the wall would read - that I went to school here." "Make sure it will not be the only plate." "In 50 years one of you should be here - admiring all the nice plates on the wall." "Madam President, - we're ready to embark - on our journey to the Kultaranta summer residence." "SUMMER RESIDENCE KULTARANTA NAANTALI" "You look like newlyweds." "And here comes the ring bearer." " Light-colored clothes and all." "Esteemed President, welcome to summer in Kultaranta." "To summer." "Rhubarb juice." " Yes, from the first batch of the summer." "alright then." "You can't be in the photo since you weren't on the boat." "Kai?" "And Jukka." "Is everyone in the picture?" "Eila, don't..." " I'II stand between you." "I just had the perfect view." "I'm sure." "We would've asked who that tuft of hair belongs to." "Well, I should say it." "This isn't actually a home." "This is a residence." "This is where I meet with the government." "This is inappropriate." "You may crouch and look." "This is totally inappropriate." "I want to look out the window - because the view is so nice." "This was a rather gloomy room - when we moved in eleven years ago." "This room wasn't made for a woman, - so we hung apricot-colored curtains - and put away the black leather furniture." "It lightened up the room, which suits my taste better." "This is a photo of Miska and Rontti." "We made a postcard we can send to children." "You can see that the cats have gotten old." "Ten years in a cat's life is a Iong time." "Being president is like a shadow or a cloak - that is draped over you." "It affects everyone." "Even the people closest to you." "I've become more president - and less Tarja Halonen." "I never remember which one of these opens." "Fine, I can't open it." "I'm a Iittle confused." "No one told me you were coming." "CABINET MEETING" "To be honest with you, I threw a fit." "We'II try to be inconspicuous." " It won't help." "Because I can't become inconspicuous." "The problem is, darnit, that it takes half an hour - to make it look like you have no makeup on." "It's an age thing." "Men don't have to bother, they were born beautiful." "alright, fine." "I'II go truly natural." "See what I mean?" "I guess I'II have to receive this journalist." "I hope their makeup artist doesn't make me look horrible." "It would've been better without..." " You should've at Ieast asked me." "The thing is that they always try desperately to make me pretty, - and then it goes wrong." "But I guess I can't change it on such short notice." "Why do I have a meeting with the mayor of Savonlinna?" "No one told me." "Esteemed President, it's an audience that was postponed - from spring to summer." "The subject is the Parikkala temporary border crossing point." "The regional mayor and the town mayor - asked for the audience." "We discussed it and decided to have it in July." "alright." "I guess that's what we agreed." "So we'II definitely keep it." "We shouldn't change it." "The principal rule is that you can't add any events - into the calendar without asking me." "I mean, Pena and I don't write everything we do in the calendar." "We have our little secrets." " We have our little secrets." "And we even happen to be married." "If you're filming without sound, - you can make this look like a serious discussion on NATO." "They're filming with sound." " That's alright." "We'II get to laugh later." "Boo..." "Okay." "I'm really nervous." "That's understandable." "Hello, Madam President." "Look, one of the windows is dirty." "The birds took no notice that we're shooting here today." "You want me to sit here?" " Yes." "Am I sitting against light?" " I have studio lights." "So it helps." "Look." "A great shooting angle." "You can sit in this chair." " Yes." "That's good." " I'II move my stuff since we have time." "Yes, we still have time." "Does it take a Iong time to move it?" "Good Lord." "Let's see how it looks with the lights on." "I'II set up a couple of lamps." "This light is very soft." "I'II take one now." "May I ask you something?" "I've recently been in touch with a painter - and he said that the most important thing in a portrait is - that the model and the painter are at the same eye level." "I agree with him." "Why are you shooting from there?" "So that the photo will have a unique mood." "I thought..." " Don't make me look like a president." "Shoot at the same eye level." " Okay." "I won't give you any other orders." "If you shoot me from below, I'II look like a seal." "That's not my intention." " I know, but it would turn out like that." "Okay." "Okay." " Good." "Just a moment." "Good." " That's it." "A couple more, please." "You'II change profession soon." "What are you going to do after your presidency?" "Thank you for your polite question." "Officially I'II retire." "I'II be 67." "Under law I could retire." "Seriously, I haven't made any plans regarding work." "According to a recent youth trends research, - young Finns are afraid of the future." "They're worried about how they'II do when they grow up." "They're also worried about our planet." "What are your thoughts?" "Miska." "How are you, Miska?" "The ambassador is coming next." "She has one white whisker like her brother did." "She likes to come here." "When I'm at my desk, she sits behind me on my chair." "He's shooting." " That's a good place to shoot from." "You're our real blond." "Aren't you, Sinikka?" " What?" "You're our real blond." " Yes." "We have..." "Let's go see Legally Blond in Turku Summer Theater." "Yes, Iet's go." "Isn't she nice to her secretary?" "You never know, you know." "They might come wearing something casual." "Or they'II come in a dark suit and then they're confused." "You can tell there's no wind when you look at flag." "Yes, it's hanging like a dishrag." "You should have a wind machine." "I've heard people say that in the Kremlin - they had a red flag made of extremely thin fabric - and then a wind machine under it." "The flag would fly at all times." "I don't know if the story is true." "I knew it." "A dark suit." "Take the car." "You're supposed to take both spouses with you." "We can take both cars." "You have a bee inside your jacket." "They normally serve rhubarb juice or rhubarb wine at Kultaranta." "Everyone likes it, except former Prime Minister Vanhanen, - who wanted strawberry juice." "Presidential sessions are held either in Naantali or Helsinki." "The president signs the laws either in Naantali or Helsinki." "During Kekkonen's era, presidential sessions were held here every week." "Not anymore." "It's too expensive - to drive 19 ministers here in 19 different cars." "It's cheaper to drive one president to Helsinki in one car." "PRESIDENTIAL SESSION" "Good heavens, we have some good-Iooking people here." "Hello." "You've already settled into your rooms?" "Good." "Welcome." "Esteemed President, - the government wishes you a very nice summer." "Your cat Miska passed away, - yet you manage to put a smile on your face." "We wish to offer you our condolences - with these flowers and this comforting poem." "I hope it'II bring you comfort." "We chose it for Miska." " Thank you so much." "UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY" "The Helsingin Sanomat newspaper is coming at 10?" " At 10:30." "Will the documentary people be with us the whole time?" "No, we'II have them leave." " At some point." "We got an idea." "I don't want to do your work, but how about having - the UN headquarters in the background?" "You think you could come and sit a bit higher?" "You mean you want a Sarkozy pose?" "They always put him on a platform when he gives a speech." "Yesterday it was too high, so we saw him from the waist up." "Let's do this." "Wait." "I didn't know he used one at the UN General Assembly." "He does." "And so do others who are short." "They put them on a platform." "They make a show carrying it onstage." "And then "bam!"" "It makes it more interesting - when you get to know the people better." "You know them better every time." "It'II be interesting to see what happens." "It'II be interesting to see how Zuma will do." " He'II be okay." "But then there's that other person who'II listen to you closely." "He's really attentive." " Yes, he was taking notes the whole time." "We'II come through the kitchen." "Hello." "We're literally coming through the kitchen." "We have to pay special attention to girls' education - and involving women." "People are starting to understand the importance of it." "It's interesting to see how the economists in the panel - have calculated the difference it would make - if women contributed as much as men." "It would likely increase the gross domestic product." "The role of women is a question of human rights, - but it's also a question of social well-being." "People are starting to understand this." "Michelle, gracias!" "I have a feeling this isn't the Iast time I'II be here." "Can you be quick?" "I don't want to be exercising all day." "I've been filming the whole time." "Forward march!" "Halt!" "Shoulder, arms!" "Halt!" "Hello." "I had to run." " Welcome." "PRESIDENTIAL SESSION GOVERNMENT PALACE" "alright." "Now we'II..." "Oh, we have the Angry Birds fan club here." "They just got an innovation prize." "Yes, but the other member of the club isn't here." "I told the founder you have a fan club here." "Happy Independence Day!" "Well, we're in a festive mood and festive clothes, - and Pentti wants to tell you - that he's wearing the same tuxedo as before." "It's custom made in Finland." "Where did Anna find her dress?" "Anna!" "Can you please tell us where you got your dress." "A clothing store called Peura." "In Tapiola?" " Yes." "So it wasn't the same store." "Thank you." "And then we'II dance." "You can't help it." "You get older in 12 years." "It took a long time before I started calling this home." "I'd say we're going to Mantyniemi." "Those are the men of my Iife." "The little boy is Pentti." "The little boy sitting on the horse is Pentti." "How do you write your speeches?" "My advisers always write the first version, - and then I get angry and say - that I want to write the first version." "They just did it again, - and I had to work hard to make it somehow consistent." "You can never guess what the speaker is thinking." "This is how speeches are made, handwritten." "Then I'II make corrections in their text - and add things and polish it." "Oh yes, that's the one on the desk." "What world events from this year would you mention in a speech?" "North Africa." "But what can you say about it?" "I mean, this doesn't have to be a news report." "You know what I mean?" "Russia has changed a Iot just over the Iast couple of weeks." " Yes." "I don't want to comment on it that much." "But I'II say something." "Is Tuomioja here?" "Yes, Esteemed President, he is." " Okay, then I'II come." "This is a Iittle bit like this." "Let's try one more time." "The pillow is very high." "I need something under my feet." "please go find something, - something like a phone book." "I need something under my feet." "The pillow is so high that my feet don't touch the ground." "please give me my papers." "So that people will see that I have papers." "Here." "We'II be alright." "We have 6000 books downstairs." "Where will you put them?" "I'II sort them out - and the ones about politics and globalization " "I'II have delivered to my office." "That could be it." " It's definitely an eye-catcher." "Yes, it could be..." " It would be perfect for the place." "I remember these." " Aren't they lovely?" "I Iove the colors." "Ocher." "I'II have a new job and office." "It's nice to do and plan new things." "I'm glad I'm not the type to mourn for a Iong time." "I'm sure that - the bittersweet longing will come when it's all over." "But I'm not the type who worries beforehand." "I think I'II understand it fully - when someone else is sitting here." "I think that's when I'II realize it." "They say children of divorced parents are ready - to leave everything behind at anytime." "I never thought I'd stay here." "That's why it's been agonizing at times." "I mean, 12 years is a Iong time." "I'm more worried about our cat." "Rontti will soon turn 19." "It's tough for cats to change homes." "I hope she doesn't try to find her way back here." "You have to have the courage to live." "Good job, Sauli!" "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon, Madam President." "Good afternoon, Mr. President." "I've pardoned prisoners who were serving life sentences." "They want freedom more than anything, - but when they're finally out, with a suitcase in their hand, - they tend to be a bit scared." "You have to say to yourself that freedom fascinates you - and that tomorrow will take care of itself." "In 2006 when I was thinking about returning to freedom, - my daughter Anna said, " ""Mom, surely your freedom is gone for good." "You'II be president for the rest of your life."" "Subs by Aretta Vahala and Rich Lyons"