My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.
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Related At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home. BILL FORSYTH What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. IRA SACHS Let's face it: the present self is present. It's in control. It's in power right now. It... DANIEL GOLDSTEIN My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company. EVA HERZIGOVA I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.'... MARGARET ATWOOD I like gaps; all my stories have gaps. It seems this is the way people's lives present themselve... ALICE MUNRO If there's a theme to where I'm at in my life, it's that 'warts and all' is actu... MARTI NOXON My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in th... ASHWIN SANGHI It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it. ERIQ LA SALLE I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody... TUPAC SHAKUR I'll tell you what, I love my daddy. And he's so special. He's meant so much to me, so i... ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ One of my favourite movies is Billy Wilder's 'The Apartment.' It's shot in super wid... JAMES MANGOLD My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband... ORLANDO BLOOM My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was... KAROLYN GRIMES The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my... FRANKIE VALLI I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'... LAILA ALI I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any se... HAROLD PRINCE Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like some... BURNING SPEAR I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it... JASON BATEMAN The Old Vegas is gone. It's not that it's necessarily better or worse; it's just totally... BILL MEDLEY If I have learned nothing else in all my years here, my biggest lesson is you have to constantly rei... GINNI ROMETTY I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially tr... RANDY WEST In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it t... ANN AGUIRRE My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's e... BRUCE SUTTER I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being w... STORMZY I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in... ENID BLYTON I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you wi... REBECCA HALL Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sand... ANDY RODDICK I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from... QUVENZHANE WALLIS I watched 'Billy Madison' maybe 80 times. It's my favourite movie. Watched it, like, a m... ANSEL ELGORT My mother-in-law's from Norway, and she's always liked old-school remedies. LINDSEY VONN When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my moth... MR. T It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you p... NATALIE COLE I start asking a lot of questions about my own life, and it's not necessarily fun, but it's ... BRAD PITT I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was plante... ROWAN ATKINSON I like to mix pieces in my art direction from the '60s or the '40s and the '90s and pres... AARON RUELL I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values. There has been l... CHER People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the prese... COLIN QUINN I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. T... KEVIN MCCLOUD My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and... ZACH BRAFF I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was rea... CAITY LOTZ I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the be... INARA GEORGE I don't appreciate Internet cyber bullying at all. It's not fair. With me, it gets hard beca... CHRIS STOKES I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. ... TREVOR NOAH Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my... NE-YO I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all. EVANGELINE LILLY I start warming up before training an hour before at the hotel. That's not because I feel old an... ALEX MORGAN Green is my favorite. And it's my favorite because it's the color of my wife's eyes, gra... CASPER VAN DIEN Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's ca... BIL KEANE I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really... ABBY ELLIOTT Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well. YOLANDI VISSER It's hard to sleep at night because I'm still wondering where my mother is. FRED SAVAGE It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in ... QANDEEL BALOCH Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best w... ERIC RIPERT I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on... SAMANTHA BOND My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - ... ZADIE SMITH I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. Tha... KAT GRAHAM For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to brea... KARAN JOHAR My first novel, 'The Tiger's Daughter,' embodies the loneliness I felt but could not ack... BHARATI MUKHERJEE Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've... WARREN G Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before o... CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN In all these years, I've always tried to emphasize and to promote the need to combat the Mafia. ... SERGIO MATTARELLA From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nos... ALEX EBERT Until I was six years old we lived in the projects, then my two brothers and three sisters and I mov... DAVID JOHANSEN I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot ... OTTO PREMINGER I am fully present wherever I am. Why bother being in a community or neighborhood and not being full... MARK BRADFORD My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautifu... AMY BLOOM You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or somet... VIGGO MORTENSEN I'm not an evangelist Christian at all. I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me t... DAVID SUCHET Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games.... GARY SPEED In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I ... RACHAEL RAY To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. ALEXANDER SMITH I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth. DAVID GEFFEN Would not obeying to my mother's warnings, who is at least 25 years older than me, be returning ... MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK My mother is my biggest role model, and she showed me how to do it right. She was very present in ou... KERRI WALSH JENNINGS I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself b... JOHN BURNSIDE It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened y... GENE SIMMONS I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party. FRANCESCA ANNIS I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I ha... CHRIS MESSINA People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, ... SPARKY ANDERSON I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer. DAN QUISENBERRY Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it... MARK HAMILL We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My moth... BEYONCE KNOWLES When my mother and father fell in love, my mother's family would never accept it. EUZHAN PALCY If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's t... BERNARD WILLIAMS I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn&... KAT EDMONSON I got what they called a diabetic stroke. Here's what it is, my left hand and my left leg. You k... DICK VAN PATTEN At this point in my life I am just about enjoying my free time and my downtime and that's what i... SANDRA LEE I supported Obama because of his relationships. A lot of the things he believes in, you would say th... DWYANE WADE I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, act... ELIZABETH GILBERT Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my rel... JOSE JAMES People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don&... BILLY CORGAN Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the ... JOAN RIVERS Motherhood is a joy! I have dreamed about being a mother since I was 12 years old, and there's n... EVANGELINE LILLY My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, ... MACKENZIE PHILLIPS I can't tell you how many times I've gone to present at the Golden Globes, come home, whippe... KATE BECKINSALE I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of th... NORMAN MAILER Our logo for Lanvin is a mother and a daughter. I've always said, 'It's not a lion, and ... ALBER ELBAZ Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it... KANYE WEST
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