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Baby Quotes

"It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race."

"It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Baby, Race, Spirit

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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 don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."

"I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Baby, Babies, Mind

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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

26

"I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?"

"I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?"

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

Baby, Cute, Eye, Mind

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"I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby."

"I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

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"Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view."

"Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

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"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."

"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Baby, Skin, Talk

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"All babies are beautiful."

"All babies are beautiful."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

24

"A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made."

"A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Baby, Man, Sammy Davis, Jr.

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"I was always musical - yelling when I was a baby, singing into a brush and singing in the shower."

"I was always musical - yelling when I was a baby, singing into a brush and singing in the shower."

Susan Boyle, British Musician

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"My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies."

"My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies."

Holly Near, American Musician

Baby, Babies, Labor, Parents

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"Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild."

"Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

Baby, Fighting, Running

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"Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed."

"Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed."

Alberta Hunter, American Musician

Baby, Hurt, Spirit

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"Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your babies. You don't pick favorites."

"Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your babies. You don't pick favorites."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Baby, Babies, Favorite, Fun, Songs

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"Nobody took me too seriously but I was grown up even as a baby."

"Nobody took me too seriously but I was grown up even as a baby."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

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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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"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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"I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a lady."

"I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a lady."

Ruth Warrick, American Musician

Baby, Lady, Woman

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"Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves."

"Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves."

Polly Berrien Berends, American Author

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"We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous."

"We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous."

Robert Patrick, American Actor

Baby, Babies, Famous

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"And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion."

"And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion."

Amy Irving, American Actress

Baby, Clothes, Fashion, Right

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"If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one."

"If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one."

Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Scientist

Baby, Pressure, World

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"You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now."

"You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now."

Johnny Mercer, American Musician

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"I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?"

"I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?"

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Baby, Babies, Walking

20

"Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live."

"Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live."

Lucy Ellman, British Author

Baby, Being, Writing

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"I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to."

"I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to."

JoBeth Williams, American Actress

20

"My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer."

"My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer."

Mel Torme, American Musician

20

"I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is."

"I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is."

Millicent Martin, English Actress

20

"I was just watching baby videos of me and I was obviously an exhibitionist."

"I was just watching baby videos of me and I was obviously an exhibitionist."

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American Actor

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"I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby."

"I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

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"Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives."

"Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives."

Polly Berrien Berends, American Author

Baby, Parenthood

19

"I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture."

"I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

19

"What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all."

"What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all."

Benjamin Spock, American Scientist

Baby, Babies, Fathers, Mothers

18

"I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio."

"I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

18

"I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a baby."

"I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a baby."

Peggy Lee, American Musician

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"Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'"

"Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'"

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Baby, Babies, Beach, Day

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"He was so good with the kids on the set. He just knew exactly how to handle them. The baby would cry and Vin would hold him and do all these weird sounds and the baby would stop crying. It was really cute."

"He was so good with the kids on the set. He just knew exactly how to handle them. The baby would cry and Vin would hold him and do all these weird sounds and the baby would stop crying. It was really cute."

Brittany Snow, American Actress

Baby, Cute, Kids

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"I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world!"

"I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world!"

Lea DeLaria, American Comedian

16

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Baby, Congress, Country

9

"I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child."

"I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

6

"We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby."

"We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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