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" 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. "

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" I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances. "

" I'm not good at accepting help. "

" I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode. "

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

" A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy. "

" I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes. "

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

" 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. "

" I was not an easy kid. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun. "

" I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously. "

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Sad

" 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. "

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

" 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 started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm sort of a slob. "

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" 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. "

" Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home. "

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" You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again. "

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

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" 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. "

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