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" Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous. "

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You

Hard

" My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself. "

Patricia Heaton

Need

Husband

" I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight. "

Patricia Heaton

Need

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" I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I'm actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping lists in my head. "

" Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing. "

" My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go. "

Patricia Heaton

Feet

Pretty

" I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way. "

" And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have. "

Patricia Heaton

Memorize

Find

" My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that. "

Patricia Heaton

Mother-In-Law

Sitting

" I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships. "

" God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too. "

" Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people. "

Patricia Heaton

Behavior

Rude

" What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process. "

" From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it. "

" I'm not good at accepting help. "

" Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men. "

" It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. "

" As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates. "

" When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. "

" This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. "

" It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. "

" I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money. "

" I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable. "

" I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives. "

" Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student. "

" Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him. "

" And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press. "

" We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids. "

Patricia Heaton

Three

Work

" I was not an easy kid. "

Patricia Heaton

Kid

Easy

" Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband. "