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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"
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"I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when I'm contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object."

"That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life."

"I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone."

"I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. After a while, all my characters become very close friends."

"If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time."

"It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years."

"If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look a their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes, you sense a trapped feeling."

"Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion."

"I'm not that fashion-conscious. A lot of times, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it's because they're a mess underneath."

"I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise."
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