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MAUREEN DOWD Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it. MAUREEN O'HARA It's nice to see so many dresses in the house. Usually it's dirty jeans and cleats. MAUREEN CROSS By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on th... MAUREEN FORRESTER Sorely in need of a tight editorial leash, (Miller) was kept on no leash at all, and that has hurt t... MAUREEN DOWD I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart. MAUREEN O'HARA For change to occur in us, we must be willing to enter the wilderness of the unknown and to wander i... MAUREEN BRADY When shame is met with compassion and not received as confirmation of our guilt, we can begin to se... MAUREEN BRADY I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame. MAUREEN BRADY I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender. MAUREEN BRADY I choose what sort of relationship I want to have with my family of origin today. MAUREEN BRADY I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself. MAUREEN BRADY I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself. MAUREEN BRADY I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey. MAUREEN BRADY I choose to let positive attitudes lighten my being today. MAUREEN BRADY Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and disc... MAUREEN BRADY