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" I don't know how an actress is supposed to observe and create new stuff if she hasn't been on the streets, brushing up against humanity. You have to have a life. "

Sarah Jessica Parker

Humanity

You

She

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" I still like getting dressed up and having the opportunity to borrow beautiful dresses, but as a mother - and as somebody who's schedule isn't always my own - I don't shop a lot, or think about clothes a lot. "

" Graham Norton makes me laugh. I love him. I'm not kidding. I watch him on BBC America every week. He's so fast. "

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" Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men. "

" If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies. "

" My son doesn't know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that's so incredible to be around. "

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Son

Know

" I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known. "

" I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way. "

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" We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. "

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Growing Up

Strong

" I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there. "

" My mother was a master juggler. If you ask her, she'll say she was a wreck. There's plenty of screaming that went on in the house, but I think it was necessary just to be heard. There were eight children! "

" Balls are to men what purses are to women. "

" Can you make a mistake and miss your fate? "

" One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. "

" If you're in a series, you can't quit, you can't work in the theatre and you can't do a movie when you like. "

" I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. "

" Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be. "

" As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier. "

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Woman

People

" There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe. "

" What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is. "

" When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky. "

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Library

Shoes

" I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day. "

" I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known. "

" Every once in awhile, a girl has to indulge herself. "

" When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews? "

" Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. "