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Quotes by Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

For me, its sad to say, but I would probably have a spiritual marriage but not a legal marriage, because I think so much about marriage starts to become about finances. It has nothing to do with God or feelings or the romantic side of marriage. Its about who owns what, who gets what? So whats the point?

I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and I think it is there. I think we are more intuitive than men.

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and sad. Its just a huge sadness. Its horrible. Its like death. You mourn, but the persons still there.

As I celebrate life, I cant help but think how young my mom was when she died of a heart attack at 53. My mom didnt get to meet her grandchildren, but Im determined to watch mine grow up.

I tried to tell them about the dating process because Im single now and how horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me!

Sometimes I get intimidated by people, intellectuals, because I dont have a great education. The only thing I feel helps me compete with all these people, people with degrees from Harvard, that youre thrown in with and have to work with, is that Im grounded.

Weve become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesnt seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that thats what youre supposed to be doing in the car.

I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.