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What was she like?"I tell the truth.
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JEF GLEN
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My mom was really cool. She's the one that gave me the mentality about believing in myself and t... PETE CARROLL
Everybody wants to please me. How long they allow me to stay here is another problem. ... But in cas... ART BUCHWALD I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor...
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And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew she w... SARAH DESSEN I thought that nothing enormously bad or good had happened to me during my life. All the normal thin...
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She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough by then to know not to believe... SARAH DESSEN My brother Trevor is theatrically trained. I used to watch him when I was younger and I was in love ...
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And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pre... MAGGIE STIEFVATER My mom saved my life. She gave me mouth-to-mouth more than once.
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I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman... RAUL LABRADOR I know she went here, but she was an Indiana coach. After we met with her, it eased all my worries. ...
JODI HOWELL
When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver. JOE THEISMANN My mother was a very prominent lady in New Orleans. Everybody knew my mother. If she dies here, nobo...
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CELSO FONSECA My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty discipl...
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One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand... AKIVA SCHAFFER
My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her ... GINGER ROGERS I had to throw around a few dollars here and there to play. My doctor didn't want me to play, but ph...
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I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was ... SUZANNE COLLINS My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-scho...
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I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I feel in many ways I can relate to her being amongst the few singer/dancers here at school. Not man...
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