My mother is a realist, and she’s had biological and adoptive children, and she said it’s no different: No matter what, they’re putting a stranger into your arms. You don’t know them yet.
KATHERINE HEIGLI spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don’t like me because of it.
More Katherine Heigl Quotes
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When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There’s still so much to be grateful for.
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I can hide, and my husband’s just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.
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Obviously my career’s important to me and I’m really, really passionate about trying to keep it.
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Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything – but I’m ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o’clock at night.
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We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.
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I’m really proud of myself because I’ve pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time.
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I think that I always loved being the centre of attention!
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My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.
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I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.
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I don’t have a lot of discipline.
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Of course, of course I’m grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.
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I totally wouldn’t mind being able to wave my hand head to toe and have, like, a whole new outfit.
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I’m terrible with patience.
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It’s lame to say that I’m a normal girl, but I think I am.
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I’m a huge romantic comedy fan and have been in this business for 17 years and I think for all 17 I’d hoped and dreamed and wished to some day be in a romantic comedy myself.
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My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know.
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I’m never satisfied with the way I look.
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So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I’ve tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I’m just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.
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It’s easy to be taken advantage of if you’re not honest.
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If I start going back to church, I’d have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn’t be able to curse any more.
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I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised to believe that family comes first.
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A lot of children don’t find forever homes because they’re on that special-needs list, even if it’s because of something as simple as her mother smoked cigarettes for a month, not knowing she was pregnant.
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There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person’s feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It’s better to be honest.
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Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn’t work for many people.
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I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.
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I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.
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