Brooke Shields Quotes

American - Actress Born: May 31, 1965

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Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. - Brooke Shields

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. Brooke Shields

Life, Funny, Lost, Important, Smoking

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door. Brooke Shields

Happy, Door, Window, Being Happy, Down

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good. Brooke Shields

Best, Good, Adversity, Character, Rest

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion. Brooke Shields

Honesty, Compassion, Quality, Value

Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night. Brooke Shields

Age, Night, People, Saying, Me, Think

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion. Brooke Shields

People, Control, Abortion, Birth, Wrong

The thing about Broadway, they always welcome you with open arms. Brooke Shields

Welcome, You, Open, Always, Broadway

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important. Brooke Shields

Perspective, Understanding, Important

Have faith in your own thoughts. Brooke Shields

Faith, Thoughts, Own, Your

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos. Brooke Shields

Nature, Failure, Parents, Past, Chaos

Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in. Brooke Shields

Welcome, World, Modeling, Feel, I Feel

As I'm getting older, I'm enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I've deserved them. Brooke Shields

Getting Older, Feel, More, Like, Older

The older I get, the younger I feel. Growing up, I was always the kid, but I spoke like an adult and was in adult roles. I didn't feel like a kid. The older I get, I actually feel younger! Which is good. I always thought when you get older, you'll want to slow down, but I want to do even more. Brooke Shields

Good, Growing Up, Thought, Slow, Growing

I have a group of friends in my life, and we all give each other something different. I've known my two closest friends for many years. One is a friend from high school, and the other I met right after college. My deep, deep friends remind me every day of the good parts of my personality. Brooke Shields

Life, Good, College, School, Day, Deep

I was such a nerd, a complete geek, but then I was lucky enough to have a fancy career, where I can be like 'See, I'm not a nerd. Look, I'm in 'Vogue.' Brooke Shields

Look, Lucky, Career, Enough, I Can, See

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. Brooke Shields

Father, Death, Sad, Stress, Pain, Me

My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's. Brooke Shields

Fun, Doing, Modeling, Years, Just, Trips

Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it. Brooke Shields

Love, Myself, Day, Yourself, Selfish

The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined. Brooke Shields

Beyond, Anything, Broadway, Most, Being

What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed. Brooke Shields

Good, Home, School, Mom, Me, Sick

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be. Brooke Shields

Mother, Me, She, Her, Model, Wanted

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage. Brooke Shields

Child, Modeling, First, Four, Advantage

I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed! Brooke Shields

Freedom, Children, Think, You, Fantasy

You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented. Brooke Shields

You, Misery, Talented, Necessarily

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous. Brooke Shields

Life, Daughter, Proud, Personal, Most

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen. Brooke Shields

Hope, Time, Dream, Difficulty, Happen

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