“My mom was always active. She was always an active voter, whether it was local, state, or federal elections. My mom would take us to polling locations when we were kids.” StatesKidsMomElectionMy MomActiveLocalsVotersLocationPolling Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Unless you are building a new company from the ground up and can install caring as your businesses' cornerstone, you have to be willing to embark on a completely cultural overhaul so that, like a local mom and pop shop, every employee is comfortable engaging in customer service, and does it authentically.” DoeCompanyBuildingWillingMomComfortablePopsCaringCustomersLocalsShopsEmployeeEngagingCornerstonesNew Company Book:The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition) Source: The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.” PeopleMindDifferentTogetherCitiesClassNew YorkIdentityMomIdealsIncludingPopsLocalsParisNeighborhood1930s Author:Luc Sante
“I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.” SchoolActingCompanyClassMomInvolvedTheaterMy MomLocalsPerformingDance ClassPre School Author:Fiona Gubelmann
“I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. My grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. She never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. And she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. She trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career.” PeopleWayMadeTwoEndsHardKidsSchoolCoursesPresidentCareersSacrificeCollegeMomBecomingNeededSmartRaisedGlassesVicesLocalsGrandmotherBossSecretaryMy GrandmotherCeilingsWhipsVice PresidentSingle MomCollege EducationGlass Ceiling Author:Barack Obama
“Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose.” IfsYearsFoundFatherSecretMorningHappenedMomDadMarriedDiedTablesRoseLocalsFatherhoodAnniversaryMom And DadFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Mitt Romney