Tracy Chapman
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Sensing something special about me, my father told me th... SUNIL MITTAL MIKE BIRBIGLIA FRANKA POTENTE ANDREW SOLOMON E.M. FORSTER MARIO TESTINO The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It see... MAUDE ADAMS My mother was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great... DOLORES HUERTA About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had ... DAVID RAKOFF GAYLE FORMAN GUY FIERI All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, an... DICK CAVETT My mother and my sister and my friends were there. I knew, however, that it wasn't the end and that ... CONSTANTINE MAROULIS I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that ... ANGELA CARTWRIGHT I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it w... NATALIA VODIANOVA CHARLOTTE MCKINNEY EZRA MILLER I played Carol as the mother I always wished I had, as the mother a lot of people wished they had, FLORENCE HENDERSON MARY ELLEN MARK My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had p... DICKEY BETTS ZOOEY DESCHANEL KEVIN SPACEY I've always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I'm ready to pass on t... JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT BILL GATES RON HOWARD I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me. NATALIE WOOD JACK KEROUAC DOROTHY HAMILL ELVIS PRESLEY She would say that. My sister has always been really competitive. I think that she competes with me ... CAITLIN DAVIS GLORIA ALLRED RUPERT MURDOCH MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN I was always a visual person. I could see things visually. I had a harder time with numbers and logi... BRUCE DAVISON AZZEDINE ALAIA I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother woul... RICK JAMES I have a son, but I've never had a daughter. I have a sister, and my sister had a fairly tempest... HOWARD JACOBSON NICOLE SCHERZINGER As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing he... JAMES NESBITT I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because ... HARRIET WALTER DOROTHY HAMILL I was, without a sliver of a doubt, a no-good, lazy slacker of a child, and after I discovered liter... BEN PEEK It makes me feel good. I've always had animals as a child. If I had my way, I'd take them all home. CARRIE SCHMITT DENZEL WASHINGTON Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull... JACKY ICKX AUGUST WILSON I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafayette... EMMETT KELLY I've always been a headstrong girl. I had my first child at 17, and it was a mistake, but I got ... ANNA BENSON ERIC KANDEL CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN TOM COLICCHIO Bowling was my first love. Beating my mother for the first time when I was 13 or 14 was a major acco... JEROME BETTIS Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my... ROSALYN SUSSMAN YALOW WILLIAM GIBSON I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL REBELLO I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL S. REBELLO My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my... ALAN KING I always play with long sleeves because Beckham always did it. He is my idol. He had a lot of class ... ANTOINE GRIEZMANN JUDITH LEWIS HERMAN JESSIE J NARGIS FAKHRI I grew up as an only child with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father h... MONA SIMPSON I never had a problem with social situations. A lot of times, when people are in school, they can ha... BRITT ROBERTSON JOHN GRAY It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I... ALANNA UBACH LARRY HARVEY My mom had done some TV and commercials before I was born, and so when I was born, she knew I had a ... QUINN SHEPHARD I was just saying goodbye. They had a lot of fun with me and I had a lot of fun with them and it was... JACK JOHNSON RYAN GOSLING I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafay... EMMETT KELLY ALY RAISMAN NATALIE BABBITT When I was a child, next to my own mother, no woman that ever lived took as much interest in me, gav... HEBER J. GRANT My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I wa... DANE COOK My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I hav... CHERYL LADD RACHAEL RAY PATTI SMITH It was wild, but I think fact both teams playing great defense had a lot to do with it. JOE MARINO But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest he... DAVE WINFIELD JULIA STILES MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
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