Mayim Bialik quotes

Mayim Bialik is an American actress, neuroscientist, and author, widely recognized for her roles in "Blossom" and "The Big Bang Theory." In addition to her successful acting career, she holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience. She continues to inspire audiences through her work in entertainment and advocacy for science education. Here are 36 of her quotes:

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

Mayim Bialik

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

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I don't want to say everything happens for a reason, but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

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[What inspired you to go vegetarian at age 19? ] A taste aversion stopped my eating meat, then my deep love and respect for animals started informing more and more of my decisions. I had an innate sense of wanting to be vegan, but I needed more information. The change was gradual, which let me think through every step. I was still eating dairy when my first son was born; he couldn't tolerate my breast milk, and I realized I had a dairy allergy. So, it kept evolving. I read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, and that did it.

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There is a strong wave of Jewish vegetarians and there is a pretty large movement, if you're in a progressive synagogue and an environmental-friendly community, to only serve vegetarian. That's happening more and more. You know in the Old Testament Adam and Eve are vegetarians, and in Judaism there is a strong indication that we are responsible for each other and for our planet. So some of us also make the choice to be vegan as an environmental statement. ... We have a tradition that goes back thousands of years about how to treat animals as best we can. Factory farming didn't exist thousands of years ago, much less a hundred years ago. So I think it's very interesting that as archaic as some people think traditional Judaism is, we are still trying to stay current with what is going on.

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Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

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I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction.

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As a kid, I felt really weird.

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I don't care much about conforming.

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I have a neuroscience background - that's what my doctorate is in - and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that.

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I'm technically a vegan, but I do eat egg if it's in things.

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The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

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I'm generally intimidated by adults.

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Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

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I have a life. My kids don't run my house.

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I think a lot of times on TV we see caricatures - that's what's funny.

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Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.

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I'm concerned about the ocean and the environment. And I love whales.

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I like bold colors but usually wear black.

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I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

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I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.

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Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.

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