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“When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.”

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Author:Dikembe Mutombo

“Today, most models don't know the first thing about makeup. My mom taught me that makeup is supposed to enhance my natural beauty, not create a mask.”

Knows Firsts Today Natural Taught Mom Models My Mom Mask Makeup

Author:Christina Zilber

“I would have wanted my mom to see me settle down and to be a grandma to my kids.”

Kids Wanted Mom Down And My Mom Settling Grandma Settling Down

Author:Stephen Dorff

“My mom told me I could have sheets, towels, and a few pillows, but I wanted leopard drapes, carpeting, and a comforter, too. I think maybe my obsession had something to do with my grandmother - she told me the best print to buy is leopard because it always stays in style.”

Thinking Wanted Style Mom My Mom Obsession Grandmother Print Sheets My Grandmother Pillow Towels Leopards Comforter Drapes

Author:Kim Kardashian

“Some of my friends would lie to girls to get them, or do things that - you know, they would cheat on girls. I was just never in the realm of what, you know, what's instilled to me, you know? Yeah, I mean, my mom's a social worker, for God's sakes.”

Knows Mean Lying Girl Social Mom My Friends Yeah Workers Sake My Mom Realms Cheat Social Worker

Author:Seth Rogen

“The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went in the middle of late-night news, and then through all of their career, it was always the "Ed Sullivan Show," it was a variety act, my dad was on the "Jimmy Dean Show" for a few years.”

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Author:Brian Henson

“I remember seeing Extreme play with [Debra] Winger and Cinderella. Gary Cherone was wearing purple velvet overalls with no shirt and saddle oxfords.Afterward, I went home and told my mom, "I need to find saddle oxfords." And she said, "Like little girls wear?" Naturally, I couldn't find them in my size, so I went to a shoemaker and had him make me a pair. I wore them for a while, but they didn't seem as cool on me, because when your foot is size 12, they sort of look like clown shoes.”

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Author:Patrick Wilson

“I've seen a lot in my life. My dad was pretty gnarly but I loved him and I wouldn't change it for the world. My mom's a survivor.”

World Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Survivor Gnarly

Author:Taryn Manning

“I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.”

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Author:Taryn Manning

“The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not.”

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Author:Charlize Theron

“I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand."”

Want Said Mom Tough Okay My Mom Parachutes

Author:Scott Raab

“My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.”

Want Girl Parent Mom My Mom I Want You Marine Posters

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.”

Wanted Friendship Sacrifice Mom My Mom My Best Friend

Author:Norah Jones

“I was talking to my mom one time, like, "Gosh, I'm 30." And she's like, "In your thirties you're even stronger than in your twenties." I didn't believe her, but I have played better in my thirties.”

Believe Talking Mom Twenties Stronger My Mom One Time

Author:Serena Williams

“My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.”

Ifs Needs Persons Helping School Young Used Class Fashion Design Taught Mom Clothes Patterns My Mom Dolls Need Help Fashion Design

Author:Serena Williams

“But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school - that is what allowed me to be exposed to so many different types of people. I went to a high school that was by the beach. I elected to do bussing my junior high school years. And my first year of high school, I would take the bus from my neighborhood to the beach schools. And at those schools, you had such a mix of so many types of kids.”

“My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that.”

Strong Parent Taught Mom Dad Ethics My Dad My Mom Work Ethic Builder Accountants Strong Work Ethic

Author:Miranda Kerr

“I'm really lucky because my mom is a good beauty muse.”

Mom Lucky My Mom Muse

Author:Elizabeth Jagger

“My mom did a really good job teaching me about sunscreen. She's savvy when it comes to all things moisturizing and wrinkle-preventing. Even early on as a kid, I thought to myself, Why do I need to do this? I don't have wrinkles. I'm a child. But my mom was in the preventative mind-set and that helped me.”

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Author:Brittany Snow

“I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.”

Mom My Mom Regimes

Author:Rashida Jones

“I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'”

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Author:Rashida Jones

“My mom grew up in the Philippines, and she would use coconut oil. I put that in my hair always - literally, natural coconut oil that you use for cooking. I use that for my cuticles and dry spots on my skin too.”

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Author:Shay Mitchell

“My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.”

Wanted Stars Mom Track My Mom Ballet Ballerina Adamant

Author:Emayatzy E. Corinealdi

“Undoubtedly, the biggest influence on my life is my mom, followed pretty closely by my dad.”

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Author:Melissa Harris-Perry

“I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.”

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Author:Mahershala Ali

“I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.”

Father Mom My Mom Germany Venezuela

Author:Fred Armisen

“Now my mom designs to resign so she runs for US senate, and now at 67 my mom just launched a new company called Women's Leadership Live, she is the cofounder and CEO, and it's all about empowering women to be successful in business however they define success. When you have a role model like that you really don't ever look at gender as an issue and it's about owning your place and taking charge of your role, regardless of what you look like.”

“My mom [comes] to see my shows because she's so proud, but I'm talking about losing my virginity, my ex-wife and our sexual problems, and she's sitting in the front row smiling. I just go, "Mom, you can't sit in the front row, you can't smile. You have to go way in the back and dress in black. If I see you it's like you're breaking in when I'm having sex with my wife. It's just wrong."”

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Author:John Leguizamo

“I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.”

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Author:Cheyenne Jackson

“Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.”

Mom My Mom Eras

Author:Cheyenne Jackson

“I came upon Diana Krall's jazz arrangement of "A Case of You" several years back. I've always wanted to pay homage to both her version and Joni's, and by proxy, my mom. She's the one that introduced me to that music.”

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Author:Cheyenne Jackson

“In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.”

Giving Trying America Talent Missing Mom Percent Decided My Mom Contestants Miss America

Author:Gretchen Carlson

“My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.”

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Author:Tom Brady

“I am a champion. My mom made sure that I did yoga every day. She dragged me because that was something she was doing for herself. She would have a great time with her friends. All the mothers would sit together and the kids all did yoga.”

Made Kids Together Mother Mom Yoga My Mom Champion Great Times

Author:Rajashree Choudhury

“So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.””

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Author:Gena Rowlands

“I just kept thinking about what my mom [Hillary Clinton] has said repeatedly when people have asked her similar questions, she's tough and she can take whatever people say about her.”

People Thinking Said Mom Tough Clinton My Mom

Author:Chelsea Clinton

“That's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom.”

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Author:Chelsea Clinton

“My mom is a great cook, and family dinners were a must growing up, even if that meant eating at 10 p.m. when my dad got home from the hospital. It's where we did our family bonding.”

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Author:Daphne Oz

“The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is losing my mom four years ago. I wouldn't even say that I've overcome it, really. I don't imagine that I ever will.”

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Author:Annie Wersching

“My mom is my best friend and always offers me great perspective and reminds me to be compassionate to myself in moments when I feel low.”

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Author:Kandyse McClure

“Of course I'm totally biased, but I think my mom is an amazing educator. She continues to work tirelessly for the kids in her classes, year after year - despite the innumerable obstacles she faces. She is a huge inspiration to me.”

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Author:Kandyse McClure

“My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.”

Children Bits Masters Grew Mom Late Grew Up My Mom Despite Lazy Farms Gardening Gardener

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“This is a nice metaphor, too, about mothers and daughters - that when it came time for me to make my own, I was making a completely different garden than the one that my mom has. They don't look like they came from relatives. Hers is a very productive and pragmatic vegetable garden, and mine is a ridiculous overabundance of useless plants. It doesn't feed anybody, it doesn't serve any purpose.”

“I was going through some stuff regarding my mom and dad. There was 30 years difference [between them], so when you hear the lyric, "Girl I love you / You know I do / And I do not doubt / That you love me too / But you're so young / Your life has just begun", that's what I was wondering. They were married for 44 years.”

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Author:Andy Kim

“Even my mom. I have to tell her, "If you want a snack, don't go to bed with potato chips. Eat a handful of pistachios and a handful of dates."”

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Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I've endured quite a bit of physical pain. My mom says that I got my first set of stitches when I was one-and-a-half. A cat got my eye.”

Firsts Eye Pain Bits Half Mom Cat My Mom Stitches Physical Pain

Author:Bobby Williams

“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.”

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“I always just had a dream to spend more time with my father. But at the end of the day, my mom was the one who kept me in soccer,who kept me doing my homework, who provided me with meals on a daily basis.”

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Author:Hope Solo

“My mom spent every dollar she ever had on getting me modeling/acting classes when I was a kid. I'm really grateful for that foresight. She's brilliant, kind, and so loving as a mother. I was told a million times in a day that she loved me.”

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Author:Ian Somerhalder

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