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" I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.' "
Sarah Shahi
Growing Up
Growing
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" You can get a man's attention if you got a pair of boobs and a butt. I hate to simplify them down so much, but I think it's true. "
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" I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "
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" My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me. "
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" To sit next to Walter Hill, and to be able to exchange ideas back and forth, and for him to be able to tell you that he likes what you're doing - I don't know. I kind of pinch myself. "
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" Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend. "
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" My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. "
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" I had a home birth because I really believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. The medical profession has kind of warped women's minds into thinking we don't know how to birth and we need doctors and epidurals and Pitocin. "
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" I always had that adolescent notion that I had to get out of Texas. But I'm really glad I grew up there. It's where I learned to look people in the eye, to be straightforward and polite. "
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" The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son. "
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" My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing. "
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