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Related I had a lot of support from my mom. She was my backbone. She's a single parent, she's been through m... CLINTON SOLOMON My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music... RUBY ROSE She loves Susan Sarandon and I know my dad (would have loved) being married to Susan Sarandon, ... S... CAMERON CROWE The message of music was also the first thing what I learned from my first teacher. She was an organ... KURT MASUR I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters. CANELO ALVAREZ My mother was a pediatrician, and she kept busy hours. I learned from her you could pack a lot into ... RISA LAVIZZO-MOUREY But then she hadn’t just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need. ANN BRASHARES I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about... CHARLOTTE ARNOLD My mom passed away when I was 4 years old, and she came from a very conservative Korean background. ... AWKWAFINA My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She w... LESLIE MORGAN STEINER I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, tha... EMMY ROSSUM I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was '... LAURA BENANTI My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn... JASON ALDEAN I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned a... CAITLYN JENNER I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself. GABBY DOUGLAS My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her. DAVID GEFFEN For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye. HERB RITTS What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. J. PAUL GETTY My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after I had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading ... CHELSEA CLINTON It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fix... BRYCE HARPER It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on. She had also learned that every time she tried... STIEG LARSSON In March 2003, my daughter got really sick and went into the hospital, and they discovered she had a... LORRAINE RICHARDSON Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of ... CHASTITY BONO Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of ... CHAZ BONO I walked every single day; three months and two weeks. I told my mom: 'No potatoes, no rice, no nood... LOLA WILLIAMS Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each mornin... PAUL RYAN My mom, she had a lot of medical problems, and she eventually died from a kidney infection, and she ... BRUCE ROSS As her newest apprentice, it had been my job to go to the market every morning. I had gotten all the... MARIA V. SNYDER I’d learned that my mother was a badass in disguise. She was Van Helsing in an apron and heels, an... RACHEL VINCENT She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned
romance as she grew older - the natural... JANE AUSTEN (SIGNED FIRST BOOK "BY A LADY") She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural s... JANE AUSTEN My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat... PAULA POUNDSTONE It's been exciting. We've had some great teams come through here. I've learned a lot. I'm especially... JEFF LIGGINS My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when... STANLEY HAUERWAS My mom had beautiful clothes. My mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real... TRACEE ELLIS ROSS I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up unti... ALAN LADD Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally an... TRACY CHAPMAN My mom has always been a great support, and she has put so much of her own life into my career. I do... LINDSAY LOHAN From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, an... IAN MCEWAN I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is. RICHARD FEYNMAN I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to... ADAM SANDLER I'm just sad my mom couldn't be here to see this. She was excited about the building. She knew it wa... JEF GLEN When she said she found a butterfly and her mom just passed away, I had tears. KRYSTIE SCHIELE When I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of... MERYL STREEP I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go ... TAB HUNTER If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it ... ANITA RODDICK She really has had a large impact on the way that I think and the way that I go about my daily busin... JOSEPH FALL She was a real feminist, and she kept bugging me about getting involved in women's issues, about doi... JILL DUVAL I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of takin... MARIE OSMOND Just what she needed. More filth in her soul. Someday, maybe, she would explode from it, someday may... STACIA KANE My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always ther... LEBRON JAMES Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as... JULIUS ROSENWALD Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as ... JULIUS ROSENWALD My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never kn... WENDI DENG MURDOCH My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat... PAULA POUNDSTONE My mom is at my house every day, and she nags me about everything, especially hygiene. SHIA LABEOUF I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I... SIGOURNEY WEAVER I got a call from my sister-in-law and she says, 'My mom has your class ring. My jaw dropped. I just... JOAN HORNER I learned about men from my son. ROBIN WRIGHT The irregularities and mismanagement that she described were clearly worse and more widespread that ... JOHN GOMERY My own back yard, and my mom and dad's back yard, is where I learned about tomatoes and weeds an... JOHN BYTHEWAY Simply put, she was the one who had to put up with me. That she did so with love and patience and en... JOHN SCALZI She's protective of him. She had wanted my mom to ride with him, but my mom saw no value in that. An... JEFFREY WILSON My mom has been through so much. But she has always been there for me and stood behind me. She alway... ANGELA HUNT My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t... DEBI MAZAR I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believe... KIM KARDASHIAN She would not have done that to my mother. She and my mom were very close. She would have never left... ANITA GATTIS I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's ins... SCOTT BROOKS When I had to leave she kissed me on both cheeks - a thing she had never done before - and said, 'Th... ROBERTSON DAVIES She didn't just come in and start to make changes. She came in and learned about Myrtle Beach. She d... DEB BRAMLETT I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary. VANESSA KERRY My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in inter... ADAM MANSBACH I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted ... WILL.I.AM I putted like crap today, ... I had a great time. I really learned a lot about my game, what I need ... KENNY G My mom, through my dad, rented the apartment next door to his... he had the lease on both places. Bu... TREVOR NOAH She had talked about being an entertainment attorney. She had talked about international business. S... JANET PELASARA I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single ha... ANDY SERKIS She had a lot of personality, and she really wanted to skate. I just remember her mom always telling... BONNI RETZKIN I first heard it on a demo right before my aunt died. And then she died, and it was the hardest thin... BRAD PAISLEY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful ... NARGIS FAKHRI She knew what it took to keep the business going. She had good business sense. GERRY GERLACH [I] still had many years that I would have loved to spend with my mom...Our kids have never had the ... JULIE FOGLESONG My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from ... PAUL GIAMATTI My mother was a great believer in reincarnation — she believed she and my father had been married ... CATHERINE BARRETT ANDREWS My mother was a great believer in reincarnation she believed she and my father had been married m... CATHERINE BARRETT ANDREWS I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s. DOUGLASS NORTH in all the years i had blundered along in search of my own footing, she had never given me an inklin... GAIL CALDWELL In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had lea... CAMERON DOKEY Everything I know about Iraq I learned about reading everything she wrote. DAVID HUTCHINSON I just feel so blessed to have had the time that I had with my mother. She made it so impactful in t... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE They flipped. I mean, my dad was pretty cool about it actually. He was much more laid back about it.... MATISYAHU MILLER My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my fat... STEVE JOBS After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I'... LARA LOGAN Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, ... RICHARD LAGRAVENESE My mom graduated from the University of Michigan, which is a great school. Then she got her Master... BIG SEAN There's no one else I would rather have as my manager than my mom because I know that she has ou... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN If he had learned anything from his parents, he learned that business was a matter of relationships. T.J. STILES I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of t... BELLAMY YOUNG I wanted a mom to walk in this door and feel like she had whatever she needed. SHANNON KENITZ
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BARBARA PARK I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I jus... BARBARA PARK I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my f... BARBARA PARK For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job. BARBARA PARK All of my characters are less than perfect. BARBARA PARK There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of... BARBARA PARK In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great ... BARBARA OLSON He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that the... BARBARA OLSON Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon. BARBARA OLSON There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all ... BARBARA OLSON From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're ... BARBARA OLSON Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversi... BARBARA OLSON Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton admi... BARBARA OLSON It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at ... BARBARA OLSON Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable ... BARBARA OLSON I think that's going to be an issue: Whether or not voters are going to get more of the same in ... BARBARA OLSON The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as t... BARBARA OLSON I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls... BARBARA OLSON The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oat... BARBARA OLSON Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of autho... BARBARA OLSON It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize... BARBARA MCCLINTOCK I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life. BARBARA MCCLINTOCK I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them. BARBARA MCCLINTOCK If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you o... BARBARA MCCLINTOCK We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at an... BARBARA MANDRELL What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want t... BARBARA MANDRELL That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow. BARBARA MANDRELL