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I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#i #loud #me #mother #quiet

I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#how #i #love #me #really

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#fact #i #i can #in fact #joke

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#children #i #met #never #people

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#choice #comedian #funny #funny movie #goal

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#kids #my time #nothing #shorter #than

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

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You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!' ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#disappointments #enjoy #filled #first #going

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#each #greatness #human #human spirit #influence

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

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