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A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
Patricia Heaton
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
Patricia Heaton -
There's enough hard stuff going on in people's lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don't have to put that in a Christian compartment.
Patricia Heaton -
I'm sort of a slob.
Patricia Heaton -
Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
Patricia Heaton -
I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
Patricia Heaton -
Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
Patricia Heaton
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
Patricia Heaton -
I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
Patricia Heaton -
Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home.
Patricia Heaton
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have.
Patricia Heaton -
Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
Patricia Heaton -
I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
Patricia Heaton -
You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
Patricia Heaton -
What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process.
Patricia Heaton
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My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.
Patricia Heaton -
I was not an easy kid.
Patricia Heaton -
Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.
Patricia Heaton -
I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.
Patricia Heaton