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People say children from broken homes have it hard, but the children of charmed marriages have their own particular challenges.


Gillian Flynn

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JOANNA CLARK Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.
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KARL HILL We have no issue with adults who have authority over their own children.
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GILLIAN JACOBS Just as sure as each knot on a fisherman's net does not physically connect so far as each knot forms...
GILLIAN DUCE Love reached across space and time to find you. You are the smile of a million stars.
GILLIAN DUCE I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that wa...
GILLIAN JACOBS I've always thought - and I don't even know if I'd be right for the part - that Jean Seb...
GILLIAN JACOBS Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that...
GILLIAN ANDERSON Feeling the anguish does not make you weak, but conceding and hiding from it makes a coward.
GILLIAN DUCE I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.
GILLIAN ANDERSON We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive!
GILLIAN ANDERSON Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in percept...
GILLIAN ANDERSON I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity,...
GILLIAN ANDERSON There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.
GILLIAN ANDERSON People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she i...
GILLIAN ANDERSON I used to take myself very seriously, now it's all just funny. You gotta laugh at yourself. You know...
GILLIAN ANDERSON We can only make ourselves the victim.
GILLIAN ANDERSON It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward ...
GILLIAN ANDERSON Success has nothing to do with happiness.
GILLIAN ANDERSON Be courageous, believe in yourself, and be the best woman you can be. I'm with you all the way.
GILLIAN ANDERSON Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that...
GILLIAN ANDERSON I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my a...
GILLIAN JACOBS I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series afte...
GILLIAN ANDERSON I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that...
GILLIAN ANDERSON I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, C...
GILLIAN JACOBS I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.
GILLIAN JACOBS My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.
GILLIAN JACOBS I love the way little kids dress themselves! They're completely carefree about how others percei...
GILLIAN ZINSER Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.
GILLIAN JACOBS When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen.
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every ...
GILLIAN ANDERSON In the Arab and Israeli worlds' eyes, Jared Kushner is a perfectly plausible American arbiter of...
GILLIAN TURNER