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"It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay."

"It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

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"TV is not a baby sitter."

"TV is not a baby sitter."

Luis Guzman, Puerto Rican Actor

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"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

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"Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once."

"Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Baby, Babies, Promises, Theater

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"When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body."

"When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

Baby, Body, Growing up

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"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."

"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Baby, Babies, Beer

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"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."

"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."

Elizabeth II, British Royalty

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"A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world."

"A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world."

Jerry Lewis, American Comedian

Baby, Babies, Comedy, Machine, Trouble

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"I used to think about how I was conceived quite a lot when I was about 10 or 11, but I don't think about it at all now that so many other babies have been born in the same way."

"I used to think about how I was conceived quite a lot when I was about 10 or 11, but I don't think about it at all now that so many other babies have been born in the same way."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

Baby, Babies, Now

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"Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby."

"Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

Baby, Help, Parents, Want

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"When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden."

"When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden."

Carlos Santana, Mexican Musician

Baby, Garden, Lilies, Spiritual

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"Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?"

"Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?"

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

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"I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'"

"I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'"

Tyra Banks, American Model

Baby, Old, Years

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"A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

Ronald Knox, English Theologian

Baby, End, Responsibility, Sense

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"Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case."

"Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Baby, Babies, Eyes, Rest

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"And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own."

"And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

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"A lot of baby boomers are baby bongers."

"A lot of baby boomers are baby bongers."

Kevin Nealon, American Comedian

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"I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on."

"I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Baby, Talk, Voice

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"We're all born bald, baby."

"We're all born bald, baby."

Telly Savalas, American Actor

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"This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself."

"This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Baby, End, Killing

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"We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma."

"We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Baby, Babies, Being, Want

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"For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s."

"For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

Baby, Difference

43

"I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby."

"I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby."

Christian Slater, American Actor

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"Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that."

"Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

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"I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave."

"I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave."

Kirsten Dunst, American Actress

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"When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks."

"When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks."

Robert T. Bakker, American Scientist

Baby, Babies, Eagles, Hawks, May

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"Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby."

"Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby."

Jack Scalia, American Actor

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"Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it."

"Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it."

Jean Kerr, American Playwright

Baby, First, Now

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"For right now, it really is the end. Hopefully in 10 years we'll all be married and have babies."

"For right now, it really is the end. Hopefully in 10 years we'll all be married and have babies."

Kelly Rowland, American Musician

Baby, Babies, End, Now, Right

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"It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter."

"It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter."

Eminem, American Musician

Baby, Kids, Responsibility

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"Your baby only needs a lot of light at night if he's reading or he's entertaining guests."

"Your baby only needs a lot of light at night if he's reading or he's entertaining guests."

Lawrence Kutner, American Psychologist

Baby, Guests, Light, Needs

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"I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size."

"I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size."

Anna Friel, English Actress

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"You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei."

"You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

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"The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby."

"The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

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"I had friends of mine tell me they had a baby, and I didn't even know they were pregnant."

"I had friends of mine tell me they had a baby, and I didn't even know they were pregnant."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

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"I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer."

"I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

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"We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves."

"We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

Baby, Now, Singing

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"I'll always have a baby face."

"I'll always have a baby face."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

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"I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film."

"I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

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"I said I would get better with each baby, and I have."

"I said I would get better with each baby, and I have."

Demi Moore, American Actress

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"We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him."

"We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him."

Polly Berrien Berends, American Author

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"Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption."

"Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Baby, Self, World

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"I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it."

"I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it."

Sissy Spacek, American Actress

Baby, Right, Worry

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"I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else."

"I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

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"I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy."

"I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy."

Barry White, American Musician

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"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

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"I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip."

"I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip."

Billy Bob Thornton, American Actor

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"I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents."

"I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Baby, Babies, Parents

37

"If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless."

"If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless."

Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer

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"Well, the first year I lost my voice I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening."

"Well, the first year I lost my voice I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Baby, First, Mind, Voice

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