“My mom just wants to make sure that my heart is always in whatever I do and I'm in things for the right reasons.” WantHeartReasonMomMy HeartMy Mom Author:Kevin Durant
“Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.” PeopleKindReasonWantedMy OwnSeeingMomMovedMy MomWho I AmAll KindsLos Angeles Author:Schuyler Fisk
“I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?” IfsWorldYearsReasonHappensWould BeMotherReligiousStrangeMomAtheistMy MomNineNine Years Author:Tarsem Singh
“I think that women are often lumped into categories - single gals, or soccer moms, or career women, or women of a certain age. For some reason our society wants women to wear labels, and not only on their clothes.” ThinkingWantReasonAgeCertainCareersMomClothesLabelsSoccerOur SocietyCategoriesGalsCareer WomenSoccer Mom Author:Elizabeth Heyert
“I started acting when I was five years old. I found it randomly, through listening to my brother study monologues. I auditorally started memorizing them for no reason, and started repeating them to anyone who would listen to me. And then, I begged my mom to let me do whatever that meant because I couldn't put into words exactly what that meant. It just meant me happy. And then, when I was 11 years old, I realized what I was doing and I looked to my mom and said, "Can I make this something I can do for the rest of my life?" She was like, "Yeah, sure, if you want to." And I was like, "Okay, great! I think I might want to do this forever."” ThinkingWantYearsSaidReasonMightFoundActingForeverStudyFiveBrotherListeningMomLet MeMy MomI RealizedMy BrotherFive YearsNo ReasonListen To MeFive Year OldsMonologuesMemorizing Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“George Washington said, "All I am, I owe to my mother." That's so true. My mom pushed me to get in politics. She pushed me to learn a bunch of languages. She pushed me and inspired me. She is the reason why I'm in politics.” SaidReasonMotherLanguageMomInspiredMy MomBunchReason Why Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I always knew she was being funny, but when I tell my therapist that my mom played the trust game with me and let me fall on the ground, my therapist does not find that funny. She's like, "That's the reason for everything! That's why you have such a hard time with trust!" And I'm like, "I don't really have a hard time with trust. I thought it was funny."” DoeHardReasonFallGamesMomLet MeMy MomHard TimesTherapistsBeing FunnyReason For Everything Author:Kathleen Hanna
“If you cut yourself, if you hate yourself, if you eat, if you don’t eat. If your parents split up, if your parents hit you, if your mom tells you you’re a piece of trash. If you got in a car crash and half your face is gone - wake up in the morning and give yourself a shot. Do it. Not for music, not for any reason other than the fact that you are alive and you were given the grace to wake up another day. So do it, man. Just freaking get out there and try.” IfsMenGivingTryingReasonFactsFacesHateGivenParentHalfMorningGoneGracePiecesCuttingAliveCarMomShotsWake UpYour FaceSplitsCrashHate YouTrashYour MomAnother DayCar Crash Author:Aaron Gillespie
“My mom always said that she didn't wear a red nose and big shoes because that's the reason people are scared of clowns. My dad is a sociology teacher, so he probably figured that out with her. Those are the things that are exaggerated, that don't give off the signals of humans. You know, if you draw a picture of a circle and ask somebody to feel empathy with the circle, they won't. But if you draw literally two, three dots inside the circle, like two eyes and a nose, you immediately feel empathy.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingFeelsHumansSaidTwoReasonBigsEyeThreeAsksTeacherMomDadEmpathyDrawsRedMy DadShoesScaredMy MomCirclesNosesSignalsSociologyClownDotsExaggeratedBig Shoes Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.” ThinkingKnowsWayRealReasonLove IsMomMy MomMythUnconditional LoveUnconditionalReal Things Author:Conor Oberst
“I'm glad I was raised by my dad for other reasons, too. There are things you can learn from a father, as a son, that you can never learn from Mom. Special things, important things. Like "never challenge Dad to a fist fight.” ImportantReasonFightingFatherChallengesSpecialSonMomDadImportant ThingsRaisedMy DadGladFistsSpecial Things Author:Christopher Titus
“The only reason I felt like I could sing a song like 'Blown Away' is because I have definitely lived through my fair share of trips to the cellar in the spring. We were no stranger to that. I still ask my mom, 'Is the cellar cleaned out now? Is everything OK?' Even in my new house, I had something built in it that's like a storm shelter.” StillsReasonSongAsksHouseFeltShareMomSpringBuiltFairsStrangerMy MomStormShelterCellarsFair ShareBlown Away Author:Carrie Underwood
“Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.” WayGivingTryingLittlesReasonHappensOpportunityHappenedTaughtMomGiving UpToughScaryMy MomExpectedAcceptedThings HappenInjurySomething NewRetiringGymnasticsGreat OpportunityEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A Reason Author:Shawn Johnson
“The only struggle came from me wanting more for my family and feeling like if they had one less individual to take care of - if my mom only had her and my sister and my grandmother and my aunt to take care of, couldn't she do the things she was doing for me for herself? That's the reason I took myself away from my family. I left home when I was 13 years old to assume the responsibilities of being a man.” IfsMenYearsReasonFeelingsHomeCareIndividualLeftResponsibilityStruggleMomMy FamilyAssumingMy MomTake CareGrandmotherMy SisterMy GrandmotherAuntWanting More Author:Petey Pablo
“Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen to it so freely was that my mom couldn't hear any of it, so we would be driving along just blaring Too $hort's horrible misogynistic stuff, and my mom would just turn to us and say, "This is great. I can feel the bass. It sounds so nice." And we're like, "Yeah, mom. We can feel the bass, too."” FeelsI CanReasonBigsWould BeAbleTurnsStuffSoundGrowing UpNiceGrowingMomYeahWestHip HopMy MomRapDrivingHorribleHipsHopsCoastBassGangstersWest CoastGangster Rap Author:Moshe Kasher
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.” ThinkingShouldChildrenHas BeensReasonBigsWantedMotherLevelsPositionReadyMomShould HaveFearfulFoxesShould Have BeenDisappointBeing A MotherGood Mom Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my dad, and we didn't all watch TV together like we should've, like you hope for, like you've seen on TV, and I wanted to make it for moms and dads and their kids. That was always my goal. And then I wanted to put real things in it. We did a thing about the homeless and won a Humanitas award for that.” MindRealReasonKidsTogetherGoalLike YouMomDadMy DadVery GoodHomelessCartoonMom And DadGood Relationship Author:Louie Anderson
“After I got out of the military, I was going to college and doing everything I was supposed to do, but I was completely numb of any emotions. I remember telling my mom, "I don't want to be like this, for the rest of my life." The military enabled me to turn off my emotions, for obvious reasons. That's why we have so many guys coming back who are going through so much. They just can't reconnect.” ReasonRememberGuyEmotionMilitaryCollegeMomObviousMy MomNumbGoing To College Author:Travis Aaron Wade
“I would like to meet with Drake. I would love to meet him. He's from the city I'm from. I feel we share the same interests and I'm really just into his music and him as a person in general. He's great at what he does. I would want to meet Eminem. He was my first ever influence. The reason why I even started writing was because my mom bought me my first Eminem CD and I was glued from there.” WritingReasonInterestShareInfluenceMomMy Mom Author:D-Pryde