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My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely ever separated. They even work together. As a result, I have always thought of marriage as involving the loss of a certain amount of autonomy.


Jessica Valenti

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JESSICA LOWNDES They all seem infected with a vivaciousness that isn't common in our compound, and there are more sm...
JESSICA KHOURY (Mr. Friedman) was always kind of dopey."
"Actually, Bob is very smart. Too smart to be a teach...
JESSICA KNOLL My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what yo...
JESSICA ALBA I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were s...
JESSICA SIMPSON I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd se...
JESSICA BIEL When you really see how much God loves you, there's no greater love than that, and I had to matc...
JESSICA WHITE Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life,...
JESSICA BRODY I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!
JESSICA CAPSHAW Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a wo...
JESSICA CAPSHAW Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken by the Sea.
JESSICA SIMPSON Stupid kissing. Stupid roaming hands. Stupid boys.
JESSICA PARK [Hannah:] Here is to Rylie Cates: May your pens never run out of ink, your computer never run out of...
JESSICA LAVE I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn'...
JESSICA LYNCH My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covere...
JESSICA RAINE I was raised on songs of poetry like Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens and Neil Young, etc. I love...
JESSICA STEEN I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you thin...
JESSICA ENNIS My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.
JESSICA MAUBOY The color and the diversity dies out, and it gets whiter and whiter, and that's in any field. Th...
JESSICA WILLIAMS When you see the way some people write women, especially in studio movies, it's like, 'Sorry...
JESSICA WILLIAMS I have a black pair of suede Jimmy Choos. I've only worn them once to a Sony event. The heels ha...
JESSICA MAUBOY I do like potato chips, French fries and Barney's burgers in L.A. with seasoned curly fries.
JESSICA BIEL I had my bad-boy moment in my teens. I'll never do that again. It wasn't pleasant, and I lea...
JESSICA BIEL I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with grea...
JESSICA WHITE My Barbies were usually naked. Once, I took their heads off, cut their hair, drew on their short, sp...
JESSICA BIEL Heartbreak has definitely been a big inspiration for me. You can write about a bad situation and jus...
JESSICA LOWNDES I don't want to look like Daisy Duke every day. I don't want to wear a bathing suit every da...
JESSICA SIMPSON Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you...
JESSICA SAVITCH New York is where you go to catch a big fish.
JESSICA CUTLER