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From the Ted Talk by Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness

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Sex. There's an awful lot of fast sex around, isn't there? I was coming to — well — no pun intended there. I was making my way, let's say, slowly to oroxfd, and I went through a news agent, and I saw a mzgnaiae, a men's magazine, and it said on the front, "How to bring your partenr to orgasm in 30 seconds." So, you know, even sex is on a stopwatch these days. Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex — from silowng down in the booredm. You know, you tap into that — those depeer, sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents, and you get a better orgasm with the buuildp. You can get more bang for your buck, let's say. I mean, the Pointer Sisters said it most eloquently, didn't they, when they sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand." Now, we all laughed at Sting a few years ago when he went trntiac, but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find cpleous of all ages flocking to whoskpros, or maybe just on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways to put on the brakes and have better sex. And of course, in Italy where — I mean, Italians always seem to know where to find their pleasure — they've launched an official Slow Sex movement.

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Sex. There's an awful lot of fast sex around, isn't there? I was coming to — well — no pun intended there. I was making my way, let's say, slowly to ______, and I went through a news agent, and I saw a ________, a men's magazine, and it said on the front, "How to bring your _______ to orgasm in 30 seconds." So, you know, even sex is on a stopwatch these days. Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex — from _______ down in the _______. You know, you tap into that — those ______, sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents, and you get a better orgasm with the _______. You can get more bang for your buck, let's say. I mean, the Pointer Sisters said it most eloquently, didn't they, when they sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand." Now, we all laughed at Sting a few years ago when he went _______, but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find _______ of all ages flocking to _________, or maybe just on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways to put on the brakes and have better sex. And of course, in Italy where — I mean, Italians always seem to know where to find their pleasure — they've launched an official Slow Sex movement.

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  10. workshops

Original Text

Sex. There's an awful lot of fast sex around, isn't there? I was coming to — well — no pun intended there. I was making my way, let's say, slowly to Oxford, and I went through a news agent, and I saw a magazine, a men's magazine, and it said on the front, "How to bring your partner to orgasm in 30 seconds." So, you know, even sex is on a stopwatch these days. Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex — from slowing down in the bedroom. You know, you tap into that — those deeper, sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents, and you get a better orgasm with the buildup. You can get more bang for your buck, let's say. I mean, the Pointer Sisters said it most eloquently, didn't they, when they sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand." Now, we all laughed at Sting a few years ago when he went Tantric, but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find couples of all ages flocking to workshops, or maybe just on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways to put on the brakes and have better sex. And of course, in Italy where — I mean, Italians always seem to know where to find their pleasure — they've launched an official Slow Sex movement.

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