Rita Dove
Related My father was a chemist on the Yale faculty, my mother a housewife. GEORGE AKERLOF My father was a motor mechanic, and my mother a homemaker. We moved to Bath when I was four, and so ... RICHARD J. ROBERTS JON KABAT-ZINN DONALD TRUMP JENNA MORASCA My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirel... ERIKA SLEZAK JANE PAULEY AKHIL SHARMA KEVIN JOHNSON It was exciting. Probably the most exciting thing in my life. It was exciting to say the least. ROBERT ANDERSON ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH CHANDA KOCHHAR I was born in Brooklyn in 1922. Both my mother and father were Russian Jewish emigrants who came to ... STANLEY COHEN ANNE LAMOTT YAYA DACOSTA As a warning to parents, I mention that my father preferred me to my brother, which was very injurio... GEORGE MULLER LYNDON B. JOHNSON PETE SEEGER PATTI SMITH My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening. ZOE WANAMAKER My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my ... JULIAN FELLOWES WINONA RYDER GREG NORMAN My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes o... PATRICIA POLACCO NATASHA TRETHEWEY T. D. JAKES It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientifi... NANCY ROMAN DAVID SEDARIS My parents always instilled in me this feeling of wanting to be a normal person. I never moved out t... JOSEPH MAZZELLO When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless c... HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but the... GARRY HYNES GREG NORMAN My grandmother was musically gifted, and Annie recognized that gift. My grandmother did the same for... ANNIE WOLAVER I was 12 years old when I said goodbye to my family and relatives. I never saw my parents again. I l... ANNE FOX PAIGE BUTCHER I told my mother it was a good thing. At that point, I thought we could get him to get us some help. BOBBIE BAITY BONO NORMAN FOSTER DAVID CASSIDY STEVE JOBS By the grace of God, my parents were fantastic. We were a very normal family, and we have had a very... ABHISHEK BACHCHAN He was there for everyone, and he would help till the ends of the earth. I would never change a thin... FANNY HARVEY My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker. ALAN SUGAR LYNN JOHNSTON The biggest problem was convincing my father that organic food was worth eating. All he could think ... NELL NEWMAN My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connec... RAM KAPOOR ROBERT ENGLUND CHANDA KOCHHAR JOHN HUME The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt ve... CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was ... KYM WHITLEY For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was ba... JENNIFER LYNCH Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. The nice... LETA GANDOLFINI Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make, ... The ... JAMES GANDOLFINI As I was growing up, you know, I'm a white Jewish American born to Holocaust parents. My father ... EUGENE JARECKI My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist... KABIR BEDI HOLLY COMBS My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about scienc... ADA YONATH LIBBA BRAY Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE I was born at home in rural Kentucky, in 1942, in a house that my father Howard had built. He did mo... ROBERT H. GRUBBS My most vivid memory of my father centers on the day he left. It was warm, and my mother was especia... DEVAL PATRICK CHIWETEL EJIOFOR I kept traveling down the road. And everywhere it was the same. What was my name, who were my people... KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY TINA TURNER KING GEORGE V My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor an... LARRY FITZGERALD JUDITH BUTLER SEAMUS HEANEY ZIGGY MARLEY My father worked in high-energy nuclear physics, and my mother was a mycologist and a geneticist. Af... CAROL W. GREIDER I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my fath... ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS DAWN FRENCH I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother woul... RICK JAMES AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS EMMA CLINE I know, 100 percent, that my father is in heaven because of his deeds. How could this happen to my f... GEETHA THOMAS I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father. CARLISLE FLOYD I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer. BILL GRIFFITH When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a... JUDY BLUME I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy child... LISA LUTZ SUGAR RAY LEONARD I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was ... TONY SHALHOUB Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought ... MELANIE BROWN I thought it was the most exciting thing I had ever heard in my lifetime. I was blown away. JOHN ARVIN My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural ... PAUL NURSE My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the Ame... MARK RONSON CHRISTINA ENGELA My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the ti... PAUL ROBESON My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer. DANNY AIELLO My father was an alcoholic. My mother was gone. She's the only mother I ever knew. CHARLES PLANCON Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my care... LARENZ TATE CHARLES KURALT It's amazing--my parents call everything a discussion. If I were standing across the street, firing ... JORDAN SONNENBLICK DAVID JOHANSEN WALE My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything y... JAMES NESBITT JOHN IRVING It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if ... TONY PARSONS
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HEIDI DOVE DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. MOURNING DOVE DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON Twelve of us started on this trip, but nine made it to the summit. One became very ill even before w... HEIDI DOVE DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON DOVE CAMERON I think all kids need strong role models in their lives. KAREN DOVE I think we all learn by what we see and what we live. KAREN DOVE I don't think he feels like he did anything wrong. KAREN DOVE The club here is really rooted in the community. We have really strong ties with the schools. KAREN DOVE RITA ORA RITA ORA Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. RITA MORENO RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up. RITA WARFORD I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted. RITA MORENO The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You ... RITA MORENO I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was ... RITA COOLIDGE RITA ORA RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA ORA I'm happy to be part of this organization and I'm looking forward to watching the team grow and get ... ADAM RITA It's not going anywhere right now. ADAM RITA We're like the Mounties...we got our man. We believe with his versatility, Stokes can bring an added... ADAM RITA He knows what has to happen for him to be on our team. Keith Stokes knows that now. ADAM RITA There are guys out there and we'll find one. ADAM RITA We're interested, but he wants more than we want to pay, that's the bottom line. That's the beauty o... ADAM RITA We slapped him on (the list) when he was placed on suspension. But we understand he's going to the N... ADAM RITA We had to send him back. His work visa was pending. He was on a temporary visa. ADAM RITA I don't think his style has changed that much, but his emphasis has. The emphasis now is on him to b... ADAM RITA It was mutual. He understood we're not going to use him unless we're in dire straits. Hopefully, he'... ADAM RITA Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply... RITA MORENO RITA RUDNER RITA DAVENPORT RITA MERO RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall la... RITA MORENO Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unho... RITA COOLIDGE RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. RITA MORENO RITA ORA RITA ORA There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything... RITA COOLIDGE RITA ORA I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was... RITA MORENO RITA RUDNER RITA ORA RITA RUDNER I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I ... RITA MORENO I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was ... RITA MORENO RITA RUDNER Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say. RITA MORENO I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's ... RITA MORENO RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA ORA RITA ORA RITA ORA Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and be... RITA MORENO RITA ORA RITA ORA If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face. RITA MORENO I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting im... RITA HAYWORTH RITA ORA Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today&... RITA HAYWORTH 'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They we... RITA MORENO I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn. RITA MORENO The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for th... RITA COOLIDGE RITA ORA RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER RITA RUDNER There it was, hidden in alphabetical order. RITA HOLT My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor. RITA MORENO She called Margaret Thatcher honey once and I'm sure that's never happened before or since. RITA FORRESTER Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today'... RITA HAYWORTH I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance RITA HAYWORTH Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me. RITA HAYWORTH After all, a girl is - well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it. RITA HAYWORTH We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves. RITA HAYWORTH All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved. RITA HAYWORTH RITA ORA RITA ORA RITA ORA RITA ORA When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. RITA MORENO When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'J... RITA MORENO RITA ORA I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because ... RITA MORENO RITA ORA RITA ORA I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make ... RITA MORENO The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions. RITA WILSON RITA RUDNER RITA DAVENPORT We've had one practice. I gave them Saturday off. We're going to keep doing what we do. You don't ha... RITA ATKINSON We need to be patient and move the ball well. We need balance with an inside-outside game. But if we... RITA ATKINSON One of the reasons for our success this year is clearly that 13 kids came to practice every day and ... RITA ATKINSON She said they're a perimeter team .... They're scrappy, and they push the ball up court on the fast ... RITA ATKINSON I started it; I knew a landlord. RITA ADAIR We know we need to take care of these people for a few months. RITA ADAIR
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