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" I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties. "

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" Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish. "

" I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way. "

" I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much. "

" There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Way

Stars

" I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death. "

" I'll take my wrinkles. I don't like the Botox thing. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act. "

" I know people that I respect and admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive. "

" The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs. "

" I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. "

" I love to cook and feed people. I cook every day. "

" I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring and it's not about the wedding. It's a grave thing, getting married. And it's easy to get swept up in the wrong things. "

" I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter. "

" We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is. "

" I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious. "

" There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work. "

" When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat. "

" The Jewish part of me is superstitious. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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Jewish

" It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that. "

" Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

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" Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first. "

" Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother. "

" When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you. "

" During the strict macrobiotic chapter of my life, I ate miso soup every day for breakfast and sometimes with dinner as well. "

" I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique. "

" After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting. "