Brooke Shields Quotes

I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed!

Brooke Shields

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• Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.

  

  Nancy Roman
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  • Time
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• As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Freedom
  • Loss

• The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Children
  • Wife
  • Never

• I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Child
  • Pride
  • Take

• Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Life
  • Up
  • Always

• I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.

  

  R. T. Rybak
  • People
  • Up
  • American

• We did a play of 'Frog and Toad' at my elementary school. And I'm not sure if this is part of the book or it was something that we made up on our own, but I auditioned to play the black hole, which somehow makes sense to me.

  

  Hailey Gates
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  • School
  • Book

• I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
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  • Me
  • Interest

• I grew up in Haifa and enjoyed the wonderful beaches and Mount Carmel that rolls into the Mediterranean Sea. From my early days at home, I remember a strong encouragement to study.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
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  • Home
  • Remember

• My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.

  

  A. James Clark
  • Children
  • School
  • Safety

• Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.

  

  Sally Ride
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  • You
  • Sleep

• My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

  

  Laura Linney
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  • Great
  • Family

• It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!

  

  Warwick Davis
  • People
  • Up
  • Interesting

• One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

  

  A. C. Benson
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  • Mind
  • Business

• Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Children
  • You
  • Relationships

• If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?

  

  Van Wyck Brooks
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  • World
  • Men

• An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • Experience
  • New
  • Author

• My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

  

  Jack Roy
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  • Wife
  • Marriage

• The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.

  

  Margaret Mahy
  • Different
  • Book
  • Simple

• Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island.

  

  Dick Thornburgh
  • People
  • Waiting
  • Tired

• Things began to pick up for me record-wise when in 1971 I wrote 'She's a Lady' for Tom Jones.

  

  Paul Anka
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  • She
  • Wise

• I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed!

  

  Brooke Shields
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