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Thank You Reese

Reese Witherspoon just made a new fan. I've always thought she was more respectable than most celebrities, but I just love what she did at the MTV Awards. There, she was given the "MTV Generation Award." I'm not really sure what that is, but she seemed to have a next generation in mind when she accepted it. She said, “I get it, girls, that it’s 'cool' to be a bad girl, but it is possible to make it in Hollywood without doing a reality show.... So, for all the girls out there, It’s totally possible to be a good girl. I’m going to try to make it cool.”

Two years ago she also made this impressive statement: "I had my first baby when I was 23, so I've always been choosing roles knowing that I have a daughter and I have a responsibility to her and to the world to be representing women of strength. These are the women I know in life. I think it's a natural extension of parenthood for you to feel like you’re responsible for the worlds you create, whether they be silly or serious. I think you are responsible for the art you put in the world."

Thank you Reese Witherspoon, for saying just what I was thinking!
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  1. LisaJune 15, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    Love this! Thanks for sharing! I've always liked her as well and now I like her even more.

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