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

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

Funny, Important, Very

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

Door, Next, Waste

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

World, Modeling, Most

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

Young, Everybody, Very

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

Always, Broadway, About

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, Reveals, Persevere

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

Honesty, Friend, Most

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

Feel, More, Like

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

Lucky, Career, Fancy

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, Away, Everybody

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

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

Important, Very, Damaging

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

College, My Life, Other

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

Abortion, Use, Very

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

Happen, Shattered, Might

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

Sad, Stress, Delivery

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, Set, Took

I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I'm never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I'm completely aware of their schedule, and they're with someone I trust. Brooke Shields

Trust, Parent, About

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

You, Misery, Talented

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

Proud, Most, Actually

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

Broadway, Rewarding, Cabaret

'Suddenly Susan' is my life. Brooke Shields

My Life, Suddenly, Susan

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

Modeling, Doing, Younger

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles. Brooke Shields

New, Like, Against

I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me. Brooke Shields

Work, Everyone, Feels

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence. Brooke Shields

Parenting, Think, Through

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