Danica McKellar Quotes - Page 3

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• I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.

  Danica McKellar

  Girl, School, Math

  "Math Book Helps Girls Embrace Their Inner Mathematician". Interview with Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. August 2, 2007.

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• By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?

  Danica McKellar

  Jobs, Math, Media

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• This much I'm sure of. Chances for winning = 1 - (# of math students playing)/ (# of math students cheering). That's a fraction.

  Danica McKellar

  Cheer, Math, Winning

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• If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

  Danica McKellar

  Simple, Names, Guy

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• My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.

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  Fun, Powerful, Giving Up

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• When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'

  Danica McKellar

  Girl, Math, Thinking

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• Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.

  Danica McKellar

  First Love, Careers, Acting

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• I just love math and most people don't.

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  Math, People, Math Love

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• I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.

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  School, Years, Lucky

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• I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!

  Danica McKellar

  Couple, Years, Acting

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• I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.

  Danica McKellar

  Coconuts, Shells, Drink

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• When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

  Danica McKellar

  Respect, Regret, Self

  "Actress Danica McKellar Solves For 'X'". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. August 6, 2010.

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• Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.

  Danica McKellar

  Dumb, Looks, Fame

  "Math Book Helps Girls Embrace Their Inner Mathematician". Interview with Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. August 2, 2007.

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• I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.

  Danica McKellar

  Yoga, Home, Exercise

  "Danica McKellar Reveals Her REAL Secret To Post-Baby Weight Loss". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 02, 2011.

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• It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

  Danica McKellar

  Names, Guy, Done

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• I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!

  Danica McKellar

  White, Healthy, Sugar

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• When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.

  Danica McKellar

  Math, College, Class

  "Danica McKellar Promotes New Math Book By Posing in Lingerie for 'Maxim'" by JJ Duncan, www.zimbio.com. May 12, 2010.

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• You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.

  Danica McKellar

  Smart, Math, Makeup

  "Actress Danica McKellar Solves For 'X'". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. August 6, 2010.

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• At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.

  Danica McKellar

  Passion, College, Media

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• I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural, no interventions.

  Danica McKellar

  May, Medical, Surprise

  "Danica McKellar: 'My Hope Is To Go Fully Natural – No Epidural, No Interventions'". Interview with Jenny Schafer, celebritybabyscoop.com. July 8, 2010.

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• When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it would impress him. I spent hours and hours practicing, planning to show him. And then I never even saw him again. But at least I learned how to juggle.

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  Crush, Thinking, Guy

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• Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

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  Teacher, Stupid, Home

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• If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.

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  Stars, Magazines, Causes

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• I used to love to go to the movies - I'd see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started... now that I think about it, that's kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say, I still love going to the movies, but I don't sneak in anymore.

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  Movie, Thinking, Two

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• If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

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  Beautiful, Smart, Believe

  "'Wonder Years' star insists smart is sexy" by Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. August 16, 2010.

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