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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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" I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. But it almost doesn't matter to a certain segment of the populace. "

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" If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong. "

" I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage. "

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" I love Jennifer Hudson! She is so lovely on screen. She is so buoyant and youthful off screen as much as on. "

" If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life. "

" You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many other important people here. "

" People should dress the way they want. Any rules for age or shape are silly. "

" We all live in a time where we're supposed to have choices and how do we wrangle that and how do we make the best choices for ourselves and our families. It has nothing to do with feminism. "

" It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. "

" Can you really forgive if you can't forget? "

" 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. "

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

Sarah Jessica Parker

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

" People always assume that I'm some sort of party girl, and that's such a misconception because I like staying home. "

" 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. "

Sarah Jessica Parker

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

" So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes. "

" Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology. "

" I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better. "

" 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. "

" I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to remove me from the premises. "

" When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. "

" I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy. "

" In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising? "

" The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that. "

" It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me. "

Sarah Jessica Parker

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" So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. "

Sarah Jessica Parker

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" 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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" 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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" 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. "