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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she lov... STEVEN WRIGHT My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. ... DOUG FLUTIE I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know? H. R. GIGER When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up.... DORIS ROBERTS My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love... EGON SCHIELE I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't... P. C. CAST The child was absolutely devastated. It took me a while to get her to open up and tell me what happe... VICKIE HORTON She asks me silly questions. Like how much do I love her? I smile and look at the sky for... AVIJEET DAS The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relie... JONATHAN DEE My daughter is the most normal towards me. For her, I am just her mom. I am just a regular mom, and ... KARISMA KAPOOR I desire Virtue, though I love her not- I have no faith in her when she is got: I fear that sh... ANNA WICKHAM I ache to hear her tell me she loves me, but forcing her to put words to how she feels pushes her fu... C.J. REDWINE I admire Virginia Woolf so much that I wonder why I don't like her more. She makes the inner thi... SUSAN GLASPELL She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I... GLOZELL All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY My mum will always come and see my shows if she can, and if she can't, she'll text or email ... RAIN PHOENIX I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although ... TINA TURNER I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I sa... SALMA HAYEK Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at ... NATHANIEL BRANDEN She said she was in the clinic and heard a voice, ... I said, 'Yo, that was me.' NICK CANNON I wanted to tell her that she was the first beautiful thing I had seen in three years. That the sigh... PATRICK ROTHFUSS I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She ju... TATE TAYLOR I'm raised by a single mom and didn't have pops around for the most part of my life. And she... SHEMAR MOORE My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfa... JOKO BECK I will get to the truth, if not in Ukrainian courts, then in international ones. I will fight to my ... YULIA TYMOSHENKO I pity the woman who will love you when I am done. She will show up to your first date wit... CLEMENTINE VON RADICS I grew up in Hollywood during WWII, and my mother was afraid that my father was going to be drafted ... KAROLYN GRIMES I couldn't believe how rude she was. I identified myself. I never raised my voice. I was stunned. If... JOE VERONESE Violet makes me better,” I tell him, confidence in my tone. He smirks. “I can see that. I can se... K. WEBSTER Sarah Paulson doesn't lie. Like, in life. But she doesn't lie onscreen, and you can't ta... STERLING K. BROWN When The Queen invited the Olympians to the Palace, I was first in line to speak to her. She said sh... NICOLA ADAMS When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She remind... ROSARIO DAWSON My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want... LINDA LAVIN If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, full... MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but s... KARA DIOGUARDI Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a ... JOHN GRANT What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned ... DAVID BAKER Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She ... ODETTE ANNABLE She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth tre... NICOLE LYONS I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse ... TOM ROBBINS What did you call her?" she asks but I don't think it's her real question. "Sunshine," I say, a... KATJA MILLAY Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her. GAVYN DAVIES I've got a friend who's a power lifter, and she's a vegetarian. I don't know how she... SETH ROLLINS Mama never told me, 'Bess, you did good.' She wanted the best for us and she was an incredib... BESS MYERSON A teacher will be frustrated if she is only motivated to teach what she has learned. Yet, if she is ... TANYA R. LIVERMAN Although I have a lot of close female friends in my life, my number one is still my mom. Without her... SHEMAR MOORE Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that mad... MELANIE FIONA Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they... ELLEN MUTH People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the... YUVRAJ SINGH I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much. JESSIE WARE I ended up in Broadmeadows orphanage - I don't know how that happened - whether she gave me up f... KERRY STOKES I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sur... BARBARA BILLINGSLEY I once got a letter from a woman who told me she was 90. She said if she were 30 years younger, I wo... DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, ... LAURA WASSER My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptis... CURTIS JACKSON Violet is my everything. She's the sweetest little girl in the whole world. She inspires me. I... CHRISTINA MILIAN Now, if that's how she reacted to the arrival of a new television set and having to learn how to use... GREG DYKE When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife... OM PURI Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. If she is forced into a loveless marriage, sh... LISA KLEYPAS My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy ... LAUREN BACALL My daughter will find some of the sweetest words to tell you that can make a grown man cry. She stil... DEONTAY WILDER My first female lover was a Jewish woman. She was butch, but not in a swaggering macho way- she coul... LAWRENCE SCHIMEL I knew right from the start that those who carried me on their shoulders will hurl stones at me one ... LECH WALESA The truth is that when Lennon is Bosephus, she is so mean to me. She can't smile because the mus... JESSICA ST. CLAIR Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she look... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It sounds kind of farfetched, yet I can't tell you how many people have had this syndrome... the... GEORGE NOORY I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone wit... ROBERT WILSON I didn't see my character, Core, as a cannibal but as somebody who is extremely passionate and w... BEATRICE DALLE MRS. ALLONBY: She told me yesterday, and in quite a loud voice too, that she was only eighteen. It w... OSCAR WILDE In general, fiction is divided into 'literary fiction' and 'commercial fiction.' Nob... NANCY KRESS My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she's the one who will basically do all the publicity for m... DAN FEUERRIEGEL I'm the type of person who likes to know exactly how many steps she will have to take and when she s... MEG TILLY I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the let... JODI PICOULT That race is like a 1400m anyway and it will tell me if she can go on to the Guineas or remain again... BRUCE MCLACHLAN Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessar... ELLIOTT YAMIN What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story whi... JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up. BILLY CONNOLLY I will miss her an awful lot. She is a friend and I have enjoyed working, talking and joking with he... DENISE THOMAS All you have to do is tell her she can't, and she will. LYNNE HARRIS I wasn't surprised. She's the type of kid who, if she has to carry the load, she will. We also got g... JODY FINCHER I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn&... SALMA HAYEK I did the voice of Cyclops on 'Shrek the Third'. I don't know how I got that. They said ... MARK VALLEY I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I... GENE SIMMONS They said she could not do it. But she didn’t listen so when she did it. And when they stood in aw... TONI SORENSON I don't know how many kids out there work as hard as Kelly. She definitely put on some muscle during... ERIC LEYBA I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines... PRABAL GURUNG Let's talk about Connie Britton, who I love. I don't know of a person who doesn't love h... MAGGIE CAREY Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of driver... NIGEL MANSELL From a child, I knew I didn't have the face I wanted to have. My mother was a baroness. She was ... PETE BURNS Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there's a reason why she is now as furious as she... ANGELINA JOLIE Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked... ANGELINA JOLIE Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right ... MADELEINE M. KUNIN I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't ... TAYLOR SHERIDAN My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, ... STANLEY HAUERWAS I think of her again. Anna. Anna Dressed in Blood. I wonder what tricks she'll try. I wonder if she'... KENDARE BLAKE I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I ... AMY BLOOM I overheard people saying, 'She thinks she's so great because she's Debbie Reynolds'... CARRIE FISHER I'm a very consistent leader, and people won't find me different day to day. You won't h... GAIL KELLY
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GARTH BROOKS Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently wh... GARTH BROOKS I'm much too young to feel this damn old. GARTH BROOKS I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and g... GARTH BROOKS It's the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become ... GARTH BROOKS People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something. GARTH BROOKS You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is. GARTH BROOKS I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright. GARTH BROOKS I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being abl... GARTH BROOKS Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on o... GARTH BROOKS Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated. GARTH BROOKS You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire. GARTH BROOKS Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got. GARTH BROOKS Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. GARTH BROOKS You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy. GARTH BROOKS True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt. GARTH BROOKS I just love to see people having a good time. GARTH BROOKS Truth is mighty and will prevail.
[Lat., Magna est veritas et praevalebit.] THOMAS BROOKS He said true things, but called them by wrong names. THOMAS BROOKS Needy people are like newborns, I have come to realize. One intoxicated night and BAM! You are stuck... CHASE BROOKS It just comes from not doing anything and eating my momma's cooking. After my surgery, I was in the ... AHMAD BROOKS It means we can play with the big dogs. It's a big confidence boost. AHMAD BROOKS It was real tense. We just needed someone to make a play. AHMAD BROOKS It was frustrating. It was kind of like last week [against Duke], when I was on the sidelines. You r... AHMAD BROOKS I had some pressure [on that play]. I threw my hand in his face. That was all I could do. They weren... AHMAD BROOKS It was my first time playing outside linebacker, this weekend, so it's kind of hard to pick up every... AHMAD BROOKS The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 19... PHILLIPS BROOKS It is for us, in whom the Christian Church is at this moment partially embodied, to declare that Chr... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 If man is man a... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 Slowly, all through the universe, that temple o... PHILLIPS BROOKS I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some o... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 Only when a man tri... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 A large acquain... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Luke the Evangelist No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Chris... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536 To hold your truth, to beli... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 I hear men praying eve... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 Wherever soul... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apos... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation Continuing a series on the person of Jesus: W... PHILLIPS BROOKS Beginning a series on the person of Jesus: I read the words and ponder them, but most of all I loo... PHILLIPS BROOKS