Amy Poehler Quotes
I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.
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Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.
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I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
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I don't quite know why, but I am long-winded.
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I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.
