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There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful.

Mariska Hargitay

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Mariska Hargitay
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 23
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Santa Monica
California
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay
Preservation
Mad
Grateful
Focus
Self
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I'm just grateful that my body is healthy. I want to be on this planet for a long time, so I try to eat things that make me feel good and make me strong. But I also love food and I love life: Some days having that extra bowl of pasta and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup means more to me than being thin.
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I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.
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I have so much love that I didn't even know about.
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My Dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.
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Sixty-five percent of Americans don't have the conversation with their children. So you're sending off boys and girls off to college, off to high school, off to wherever they go, and nobody's had the conversation about how to conduct themselves. About a man telling his son how to be a man. How to respect a woman. How do you respect yourself?
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When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.
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Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.
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Our early dating life consisted of trying to figure out whether we were dating.
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I definitely have my days where I look like I got dressed in the dark.
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Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mothers loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.
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When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.
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We're all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.
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Being thin is not more important than enjoying life
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A guy at ABC told me to change my name and get a nose job. I said 'You get a nose job.'
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If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.
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The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.
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I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.
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Losing my mother at such an early age is the scar of my soul. But I feel like it ultimately made me into the person I am today I understand the journey of life. I had to go through what I did to be here.
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Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.
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Eric Lewis doesn't play the piano, he devours it. He doesn't play music, he channels the divine.
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