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"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."
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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."
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"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
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"I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world."
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"The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name."
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do."
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"I loved my mother, she's a good girl."
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"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children."
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"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it."
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"I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life."
Life

"All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!"
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"The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl."
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"I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way."
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"These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.'"
Time

"I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor."
People

"As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair."
Politics

"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."
Mother

"Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret."
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