I’ve raised my kids for the most part, i’ve had a 21-year-long marriage. I ’m still working. I ’m not criticizing Brooke Shields for all the things that I ’m not, which I did a lot in my younger years. I did a lot of comparisons, and that’s just a losing game.

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Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

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Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, b... by Brooke Shields

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

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I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I h... by Brooke Shields

I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole.

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You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart. by Brooke Shields

You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

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Have faith in your own thoughts. by Brooke Shields

Have faith in your own thoughts.

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Two eggs do not an omelette make by Brooke Shields

Two eggs do not an omelette make

I was Hannah Montana's mother ... Where did I go wrong? by Brooke Shields

I was Hannah Montana's mother ... Where did I go wrong?

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You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented. by Brooke Shields

You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me. by Brooke Shields

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.

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Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in. by Brooke Shields

Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.

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~Trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we are responsible to anybody but our kids and ourselves.~

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Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

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I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food.

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I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood.

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Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important par... by Brooke Shields

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

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What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed.

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Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

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People think of me as a mannequin. All show and no substance. by Brooke Shields

People think of me as a mannequin. All show and no substance.

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My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

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