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ALISON SWEENEY I was definitely one of those people who fell for the fat-free cookies and chips that are loaded wit...
ALISON SWEENEY When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wa...
ALISON SWEENEY I eat a lot of fruit after I run. I find that hydrates me better than just drinking water. I have fr...
ALISON SWEENEY I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and hav...
ALISON SWEENEY I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversat...
ALISON SWEENEY I've met so many fans of daytime television who've watched the shows with their moms and gra...
ALISON SWEENEY It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail poli...
ALISON SWEENEY The number one mistake is giving pets table scraps. I made the mistake thinking I was showing my dog...
ALISON SWEENEY I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it'...
ALISON SWEENEY People think, 'Oh, I'm loving myself by sitting on this sofa for four hours.' Love yours...
ALISON SWEENEY With reality TV, sometimes it's amazing chemistry and you get these gems that turn out to be eve...
ALISON SWEENEY I wasn't eating the right kinds of calories. I didn't know about healthy carbs such as brown...
ALISON SWEENEY I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing....
ALISON SWEENEY Sunscreen is my number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 tip. I'm a fanatic, partially because I live in L.A. an...
ALISON SWEENEY One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to...
ALISON SWEENEY My husband and I have known each other since kindergarten. I had a crush on him in school, but we ne...
ALISON SWEENEY We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from v...
ALISON GOPNIK Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerf...
ALISON JACKSON I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I don't have a tre...
ALISON SWEENEY If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but cons...
ALISON GOPNIK What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.
ALISON GOPNIK I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoon...
ALISON JACKSON Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about t...
ALISON BRIE I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but ...
ALISON GOODMAN