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" You never feel like you're 100 percent at either one. I don't ever feel like I'm the best actress I can be or the best mother I can be. "

Holly Marie Combs

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" When Finley gets his vaccinations, it kills me, and you can't protect yourself from that. My heart is being ripped out with every shot. It's a deeper level of emotion that I wasn't prepared to feel, but it's completely amazing. It has opened me up both as a person and as an actress. Everything has a deeper meaning now. "

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" A lot of my snacks are healthy. I love things like hummus, carrots, and celery, but I will never give up potato chips. "

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" I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea. "

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" To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down. "

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" Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you, ever. "

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" Orca family members belong together at home in the ocean, not isolated in tiny tanks at SeaWorld. If you believe that a mother should never have to know the pain of having her child torn away from her, boycott SeaWorld. "

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" To travel America and see everything it has to offer, with my best friend, sounds like the perfect road trip. "

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" My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It doesn't really make a difference to me what people call me, but since my mother calls me Holly Marie when she's angry, I prefer just my first name. "

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" Felicity Huffman is just flawless; she's above and beyond TV and movies and this Earth. "

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" Everyone gives 'Picket Fences' credit for being so willing to delve into issues that now would be no big deal. But it was then. It was ahead of its time. "

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