[Motherhood is] the biggest ...

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.
 Gilda Radner

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Motherhood . . . is an act of infinite optimism.
 Gilda Radner
It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We get to live, then we have to die. ... What spirit human beings have! It is a pretty cheesy deal - all the pleasures of life, and then death.
 Gilda Radner