“I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.” SpeakChangedMomStraightforwardThings Have Changed Author:Britney Spears
“I must speak the truth, even at the risk of being ostracized by my fellow scribblers. In fact, anticipating their rage, I have already applied for a place in the Canada Council's witness-protection program. This because, much as it pains me to turn on my kind, I fear the time has come to admit that far too many celebrated writers were outrageous liars, philanderers, drunks, druggies, unsuitable babysitters, plagiarists, psychopaths, parasites, cowards, indifferent dads or moms and bad credit risks.” KindFactsPainTurnsSpeakRiskMomDadProgramFellowsCreditProtectionRageWitnessCanadaLiarsCowardIndifferentCouncilTurn-onOutrageousSpeak The TruthPsychopathParasitesBabysitterPhilandererDruggies Author:Mordecai Richler
“I was brought up bilingual, but there came a point where my mom went back to work and I got a white babysitter, so sadly I lost it. Now I can understand Spanish and put words together, but I don't speak it fluently. I'm ashamed of that.” I CanTogetherLostSpeakWhiteMomMy MomAshamedBack To WorkBabysitter Author:Michael Trevino
“The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. You know, I speak like my mom; I speak like, you know, like the whitest white dude; I speak like a Def Comedy Jam comedian doing an impression of a white guy.” WorldWantedGuySpeakWhiteComedyMomMy MomImpressionComedianJamWhite Guys Author:Jordan Peele
“I'd love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: "Speak to me after you have your first".” FirstsKidsThreeSpeakFourMomMy Mom Author:Ivanka Trump
“Also, there's the caliber of actors that we keep getting. Lorraine Bracco plays my mom and Chazz Palminteri plays my father, and Brian Dennehy and Donnie Wahlberg have been on the show. And, we've got Billy Burke from Twilight. We've gotten all kinds of fantastic actors. That speaks for itself.” KindHas BeensPlayShowsActorsFatherSpeakMomMy MomAll KindsFantasticTwilightBrianCaliberLorraine Author:Angie Harmon
“I grew up with a feminist mom and the understanding that, as someone coming from a position of (relative) privilege, it was my job to speak up when things weren't fair.” JobsSpeakUnderstandingPositionGrewMomGrew UpFairsPrivilegeFeministRelative Author:Jennifer Weiner
“My mom brought me up on old Hollywood. I had been living in Los Angeles. Respecting old movies and growing up with people that were icons that I got to speak to.” PeopleSpeakGrowing UpGrowingMomHollywoodMy MomLos AngelesIconsOld MovieOld Hollywood Author:Lily Collins
“I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom was caught fraternizing with my dad. My mom was caught, you know, in the building that my father lived in. My mom was caught in a white neighborhood past curfew without the right permits. My mother was caught in transition. And that was key because had she been caught in the act, then, as the law says, she could've spent anywhere up to four years in prison.” KnowsYearsPastLawMotherFatherSpeakWhiteFourBuildingKeysMomDadLuckyPrisonMy DadCaughtMy MomNeighborhoodTransitionPermitFour YearsMom And DadCurfewCaught In The Act Author:Trevor Noah
“My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.” MotherGamesSpeakGrowing UpGrowingMomMy FriendsMy MomJointsSlang Author:Queen Latifah
“I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.” WantSpeakStudyBloodCollegeMomMy MomJournalismJournalistSpeaks French Author:Mandy Moore