Josie Bissett Quotes

#1. Maybe talking's just not your thing," Emily said gently, suddenly acutely aware of his discomfort. "Maybe it's screaming or kicking things or... splattering paint against a wall or fucking, or I don't know - any of a million things.

Laila Blake

#2. All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to read them if they read them.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

#3. Don't let your fear grow bigger than your faith.

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#4. Nothing important is done in the United States without lawyers.

Jean Monnet

#5. When I was pregnant, I wanted to take some time off from acting, but I still needed a creative outlet for myself. My first two books were created during my pregnancies and after giving birth to my first child.

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#6. I want my kids to live their life with great family memories that they can pass on to their children.

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#7. I don't really think of myself or picture myself as a Hollywood person.

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#8. I am only mortal, desperate, urgent. Spirits have endless ages in which to do nothing, if they so choose, but humans have death to hurry them on. Near or far, the end is always in sight. We have no time to stand and stare. Make your choice, Fernanda.

Jan Siegel

#9. I grew up in Seattle, where there isn't a lot of sun.

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#10. I can never forget that Chinese student I knew in Paris - Mr. Tcheou, I think it was. One day, upon asking him if he had ever read Hamlet, he answered: "You mean that novel by Jack London?

Henry Miller

#11. We all wake up at our leisure; the kids know not to wake me up. Then we make breakfast or go out to eat with family. There is usually a sporting event or two to watch!

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#12. I don't get all that tan outdoors because I am so fair, and my color goes away so fast. It really is a waste for me to try and get suntan because it's more work than it's worth.

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#13. I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

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#14. I use self-tanners at least once a week, and I get darker than I do then when I am in the sun.

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#15. When I had Mason, I was really ready to leave the business of acting, but still wanted to do work that I could control.

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#16. In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.

Martin Luther

#17. We are the women men warned us about.

Robin Morgan

#18. If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

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#19. You just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?"
"if you were in here you might want that too.

Maggie Stiefvater

#20. It's so important to engage your kids to create rituals and moments that they will always remember.

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#21. First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction to everyone else.

Anita Roddick

#22. Dance, to me, is an expression of who we are.

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#23. Kids really take you out of yourself, and your priorities become really clear. With acting and the business, you don't really have priorities. You have no idea what each day or week's going to be like.

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#24. I have to say, creating memories is so important to me that I did a book about creating memories for your family.

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#25. I've sort of mellowed out. It used to be: I want to be a star, do big movies. Now, being married, it's like the reasons I wanted to do that seem the wrong reasons. I want to have kids.

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#26. I think that every decision I made came from what's best for the kids. If both parents have the children's best interests in mind, it's going to go OK. The second that the parents don't do that, it gets ugly.

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#27. Dreams come a size too big so we can grow into them.

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#28. it's easier for me to risk my life for a person than to be pleasant to him when I don't feel like it. It's

Louisa May Alcott

#29. My first children's book, 'Tickle Monster,' was inspired by tickling my son one evening.

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#30. The 'Tickle Monster' story literally flew out of my mouth.

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#31. The heart of a Christian, who believes and feels, cannot pass the hardships and deprivations of the poor without helping them.

Louis Guanella

#32. I'm doing a lot of parenting work and acting as a spokesperson. I have a clothing line and a line of toys.

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#33. I think with age you get wiser and understand the importance of taking care of your skin. I think you're also more aware of your mortality.

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#34. 'Tickle Monster' is an interactive book and, by the nature of the story, bonds the parent and child through tickling and laughter.

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#35. I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.

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#36. Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

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#37. It drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight - the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

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#38. My kids definitely give me all of my ideas. I'm always listening to what they talk about, how they play, what they play. Their imaginations are so incredible.

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#39. Creating something is only half the battle. The other half is finding people who care about it.

Ramsey Isler