"I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird."
-Uma Thurman
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"So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.“
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"When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however."
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"I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show."
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"It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet."
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"I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them."
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"I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman."
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"Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny."
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