Melissa Gilbert Quotes
Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesn't happen very often.
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When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club – we hooped together in Chicago – he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was.
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I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!
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I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.
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On Monday I come in and get in a full body workout, and then I come back in on Wednesday and do a quick six, which consists of bench press, biceps and triceps curls, pull downs, something for the back and the neck. And then you come back and hit it again on Friday with a 16-machine workout.
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I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
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I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.
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I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it's one of the most satisfying parts of writing.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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I spent summers with my mother's parents in Arkansas, where religion felt very present. My grandmother was Baptist, and my grandfather was Methodist. Double Southern whammy.
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Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?
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Having a child is all-consuming; so is doing a play.
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Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.
