“Inside of all of us we have these patterns where we eventually become at least ethnocentric. We care about our group, our mom, our dad, our family, our religion. And some people, eventually, evolve beyond that until they're more human-centric or even spirit-centric where they care about everything.” PeopleHumansCareSpiritGroupsMomDadPatternsEvolveOur Family Author:Tony Robbins
“My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. But as I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family, my aunties, grandparents, is in Africa.” YearsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureSidesMomInvolvedConflictMy FamilyRaisedMy MomPopsOur FamilyHouseholdGrandparentBack HomeEthiopiaFormative YearsEritrea Author:Nipsey Hussle
“Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before wed go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be The Happy Prince, The Gift of the Magi and Twas the Night Before Christmas, and I would like to keep that alive.” TwoStoriesBigsNightThreeAliveMomDadBedMy MomOur FamilyHolidayMom And DadChristmas Eve Author:Cameron Mathison
“I have always stressed to my girls that outer beauty fades but inner beauty lasts forever. Simple things like smiling and looking people in the eye could change someone's bad day into a good one. My mom always said that beauty is as beauty does, and I'm sure it will pass along to all the future generations of our family.” PeopleDoeSaidEyeLastsGirlSimpleForeverGenerationsMomMy MomOur FamilyFadesInner BeautyFuture GenerationBad DayStressedSimple ThingsMy GirlBeauty FadesOuter Beauty Author:Tina Knowles
“I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.” AwarenessHugeMomCancerMy MomOur FamilyBreastsBreast CancerCancer Awareness Author:Brenda Song
“My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.” FatherBrotherMomDadMy FamilyBaseballMy DadMy MomOur Family Author:Mark Teixeira
“I don't think women can have it all. I just don't think so...My husband and I have been married for 34 years, and we have two daughters. And every day you have to make a decision about whether you are going to be a wife or a mother. In fact, many times during the day you have to make those decisions...We co-opted our families to help us. We plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents. But if you ask our daughters, I'm not sure they will say that I've been a good mom.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensTwoFactsHelpingWisdomRealityMotherAsksParentCommunityLeadershipWorkDecisionFamilyOur LivesWifePlansGenerationsHuman NatureMomHusbandMarriedDaughterUnityIdeologyOur FamilyNot SureDecentMy HusbandOur DaughterTwo DaughtersGood Mom Author:Indra Nooyi
“One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands that rock the cradle rule our families and governments and corporations. The hands that wrote the Constitution rule this nation'.” SaidHandsGovernmentNationsMillionsRocksMomConstitutionCorporationsOur FamilyCradleSecond Ammendment Author:Charlton Heston
“My mom and my dad taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health and the right to clean water and good land.” WaterLandTaughtMomDadCleanMy DadMy MomOur FamilyGreatest GiftsClean Water Author:Erin Brockovich
“I still don't really know what my style is. I like a lot of different kinds of comedy, I like watching it and I like being inventive and original. That's the problem with doing a longer set - you can't do every joke that you have because some stuff contradicts other stuff. Even when you know that the audience knows that you're joking and it's not true, you still can't do a joke about your family dying and then later talk about your Mom. I mean you want to keep some kind of cohesive order going.” KnowsWantKindMeanStillsDifferentProblemOrderStuffAudienceComedyDyingStyleMomJokesOriginalsOur FamilyDifferent KindsYour MomTrue You Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“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.” IfsHomeGrowing UpGrowingMomDadEatingMy DadMy MomDinnerCooksOur FamilyHospitalsBondingFamily DinnerFamily Bonding Author:Daphne Oz
“We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your mother, grandmothers, your family around would help. Now, you're surrounded by other moms and friends and it's really disorienting, because there's such varying, crazy, different points of view and advice coming at you.” DifferentHelpingUsedMotherParentViewsCrazyAdviceLike YouMomPoint Of ViewUsed To BeOur FamilyGrandmotherBeing A ParentDifferent Points Of View Author:Kathryn Hahn
“My main goal was to not tell my mom anything or anyone anything. Even within our family, we like to do it ourselves, we like to be our own boss, and we don't like asking for help.” HelpingGoalMomAskingMy MomOur FamilyBossAsking For Help Author:Jillian Hervey
“To see the way that [my mother] held our family together after my dad passed away, and then went to college after my youngest sister went off to school on her own, and mom went and got a college degree in her 60s is just incredibly inspiring. So, I would just say my folks.” WaySchoolTogetherMotherCollegeMomDadDegreesMy DadFolksOur FamilyPassed AwayCollege DegreeFamily TogetherDad Passed Away Author:Mike Pence
“Sometimes I'll fall off the wagon, but you learn that there's a time and a place. I'm young and I wanna have fun and go crazy, but then you go home and you're a mom and you have to give all that time to your family. It's just finding out when to do what and where.” GivingSometimesHomeFallFunCrazyMomHaving FunOur Family Author:Uffie
“I feel so blessed that I have a job where I can spend long periods of time with my family. Most moms don't have that choice. But wearing so many hats - mother, wife, actress - does take hard work; you always have to be thinking about your family's best interests.” ThinkingLongMotherChoicesInterestWifeHard WorkMomMy FamilyBlessedOur FamilyThinking About You Author:Liv Tyler
“Most of the bio men on earth were born to women, so it's pretty ordinary! But I think because I had come from a matriarchy - my father died when I was young, and I only have a sister and a stepsister - when I told my mom and my sister that I was having a boy, they were both like, "That does not compute within our family relation!" It was like, "Girls only here!" Now that all seems very strange to me.” ThinkingMenEarthGirlFatherBoysStrangeMomRelationMy MomOur FamilyMy SisterFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Maggie Nelson
“My mom's whole side of the family, they're all Packers fans. My mom's a Bears fan. My stepdad is a Vikings guy. So that gets ugly. My mom sits upstairs watching the Bears game; he sits in the basement. They can't watch it together. Football's a violent anger in our family dynamic.” WholeTogetherGuyGamesSidesWatchesFansFootballMomBearsUglyMy MomViolentOur FamilyBasementsVikingsUpstairsPackersStepdadsPacker Fans Author:Ashton Kutcher