Jayma Mays Quotes

#1. My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'

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#2. I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

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#3. I feel really content in my 30s actually. I don't feel like the wisest person in the world but I definitely don't worry or stress like I used to.

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#4. I did work at a mall in college - I think retail/customer service is just one of the most hideous jobs in the world. So I always try to be extra nice when I go into a store. But malls are part of our culture, if you watched any teen comedy in the '80s. it's clear that malls are where we live!

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#5. I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.

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#6. The other day, I noticed I'd arranged my spices in alphabetical order when I was on the phone, without even realizing, and when I was a kid I was constantly cleaning and organizing things - my toys, my sister's cosmetics.

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#7. I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.

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#8. Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.

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#9. My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I'm completely used to it, and I've come to see it as a term of endearment.

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#10. If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.

Frederick Buechner

#11. I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

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#12. I was really across-the-board, like a nutcase. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so I just did everything. I was even part of FHA, Future Homemakers of America. How lost was I?

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#13. Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups?

Scott Walker

#14. You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.

Chris Prentiss

#15. We watch death and destruction on TV, in movies, over the news and online so much that it is just a part of our lives. It was never meant to be that way. In the end, we have paid a heavy price for our curiosity.

John Patrick Hickey

#16. Her husband, like her children, was a person who often annoyed her but whom she loved very deeply.

Coral Lansbury

#17. This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

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#18. I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

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#19. I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

George Duke