“I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.” PeopleHomeReadingMy FamilyLet MeDinnerInterviewsSigning Author:Kathy Reichs
“I've been involved with Fantasy Football for more than 10 years now, and I'll keep competing each year as long as I'm still having fun. I like to play sports, and I like to compete, but I also have a wife and three daughters. This lets me stay involved with the sport I love and still spend quality time with my family too.” YearsLongStillsPlayThreeFunSportsQualityFantasyWifeFootballInvolvedDaughterMy FamilyLet MeHaving FunCompetingQuality TimeThree DaughtersFantasy Football Author:Stevie Richards
“I try to surround myself with a good support system. Whether that's other creators or my family or my friends, or even my viewers, who encourage me just as much as I might encourage them and they're just as much a part of my life as they let me be a part of theirs.” TryingMightSupportMy FriendsMy FamilyLet MeCreatorSurroundViewersSupport Systems Author:Tyler Oakley
“Writing let me escape... It let me escape the insistent tug of my family, and its ongoing misery. Sitting in front of the computer, with the screen blank and the cursor blinking, was the best escape I knew. And there was plenty to escape from.” WritingFrontsComputerSittingMy FamilyLet MeMiseryScreensPlentyBlankOngoing Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I love money, and I love movement. I like what it has let me do for my family. I have paid off my mum and dad's mortgage, I've bought them two BMWs, they can have anything they want. I am buying a fleet of cars for myself. I have unemployed my sisters, they don't need to work, don't need to worry about a thing.” WantNeedsTwoWorryCarMovementDadMy FamilyLet MePaidBuyingMy SisterMumMortgageUnemployedLove Of MoneyMum And DadBmwPaid OffI Love Money Author:Conor McGregor
“I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.” PeopleKnowsKindPersonsMadeMomentsHelpingTurnsActingPromiseMy FamilyLet MeGroundedDespised Author:Jackie Evancho
“Why did I adopt kids? I dunno. Let me look at my family: religious weirdo, gun nut, biker, boozer, dead tooth, too many cats, the guy who talks to his truck. Hmm. Maybe I adopted because genetically my balls are full of poison.” LooksKidsGuyReligiousFamilyGunCatMy FamilyLet MeBallsTeethPoisonNutsAdoptedTruckWeirdoBikersHmmReligious Family Author:Dana Gould
“I love my family but my family - they're the type of people that never let you forget anything you ever did... I was in the first grade Christmas play - I'm playing Mary. Now, during the course of the play, I dropped the baby Jesus... They still talk about this. I go to my family reunion, and one of my cousins just had a baby. So I'm like, 'Oh, that's a cute little baby. Let me hold the baby...' And my aunt runs over, 'Don't you give her that baby! You know she dropped the baby Jesus!'” PeopleKnowsGivingFirstsLittlesStillsPlayRunningCoursesJesusForgetBabyTypeMy FamilyLet MeCuteGradesMaryCousinAuntReunionMy CousinFamily ReunionLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyBaby Jesus Author:Wanda Sykes
“Taj [ Johnson] is the singer in my family. So whenever I would be practicing my warmups in the house, she would let me have it. I could be on the other side of the house doing my voice lessons and she would scream, "Drop your jaw for those long notes."” LongWould BeHouseSidesVoiceLessonsMy FamilyLet MeNotesSingersScreamJohnson Author:Eddie George
“I remember after I dated this white man, nobody said anything but there was a couple of men in my family that joked after that. 'Oh yeah, we had a party when y'all broke up. Hee hee hee.' And, you know, they laughed, and it was like light and a joke. But, you know, that's real. That was real and they let me know. And, it's almost acceptable within our culture to be prejudiced toward whites because of our history. This country is loaded with racism .” KnowsMenSaidRealCountryLightRememberCultureWhitePartyCoupleRacismJokesMy FamilyLet MeYeahBrokeLaughedAcceptableWhite ManLoadedBroke Up Author:Sanaa Lathan
“[Affordable prices] are important to me. My mother lets me know [if something is too expensive]. With a few dresses, she's, like, "That's too much." "But Mom, it's $59.99." "It's too much." And then I go back and we talk about price points. My family keeps my grounded.” IfsKnowsImportantMotherToo MuchMomMy FamilyLet MeDressesExpensiveGroundedAffordable Author:Eva Mendes
“If I didn't have that deep grounding, it would be very easy for me to just be someone who is consumed with anger and hatred. And that would be Trump's great victory: to turn us into replicas of him, just on the other side of a wall screen. I refuse to let me or my family or my movement or my friends be turned into the opposite of Trump. I want to be the antidote for Trump.” IfsWantWould BeTurnsEasySidesMovementWallTrumpVictoryMy FriendsMy FamilyHatredOppositesLet MeRefuseScreensConsumedAntidoteGroundingGreat VictoryReplica Author:Van Jones
“I read a lot, and I watch a lot of TV and film now. That's my homework. Like I said, my Netflix. I've watched Aliens a couple times this week, Dawn Of The Dead. And that's what's really cool too. It's nostalgia, because I saw these shows, these movies, a lot of them, when I was a kid, and they're different now when you watch them. I'm like, "Wow, I can't believe my family let me watch that," and "I must have missed that the first time around."” BelieveDifferentKidsFilmWeekCoupleFirst TimeMy FamilyLet MeNostalgiaAliensReally CoolHomework Author:Danny Pudi
“What's the big deal with France? How come everyone wants to go there? Let me tell you about France. Their music sucks. Their movies suck. Their berets suck. Their croissants are pretty good, but the place overall still sucks.My family went there once on the way to visit Dad's homeland family. EuroDisney. Need I say more?” WayWantNeedsStillsBigsDealsDadMy FamilyLet MeFranceBig DealHomelandCroissants Book:Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Source: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“Other than hitting the ball...there's nothing else I have ever done or know how to do. How to live on the outside, how to earn a living, how to take of my family, I'm a stupid idiot who doesn't know how to do any of that. Therefore...Please let me play baseball.” KnowsDonePlayKnow HowStupidPleaseDramaMy FamilyBaseballLet MeBallsIdiotHitting Author:Kim Young-kwang
“Let me make a point here, in case this isn't becoming extremely clear. My state has gun control laws. It did not keep Hennard from coming in and killing everybody! What it did do, was keep me from protecting my family! That's the only thing that cotton pickin' law did! OK! Understand that! That's ...that's so important!” ImportantStatesLawCasesClearBecomingGunMy FamilyLet MeKillingGun ControlCotton Author:Suzanna Hupp