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“My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for my 21st. It's supposed to be a vanity bag, but I use it as a handbag.”

Littles Use Vanity Supposed To Be Shops Brown Bags Italian Mum Items Leather Treasured Handbags

Author:Felicity Jones

“I speak a little bit of Italian, yeah. I understand more than I speak. I speak more of a dialect; my mum's from Naples and my dad's from Sicily, so it comes out little a bit of a cocktail of the Italian language.”

Littles Speak Language Bits Dad Little Bit Yeah My Dad Italian Mum Cocktails Dialect Naples

Author:Luke Pasqualino

“My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now.”

Thinking Children Would Be Wanted Destroying Mum

Author:Tracey Emin

“When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.”

Church Growing Up Growing Mum Choir Church Choir

Author:Enya

“My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.”

Two Dad My Dad Mum Uncles 80s

Author:Ronnie Wood

“My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.”

Hard Parent Hard Work Workers Mum Posh Hard Worker Yorkshire

Author:Sally Phillips

“Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.”

Art Might Form Lying Night Honest Wall Offers Towns Available Mum Creeps Hype Exhibits Admission Elitism Your Mum

Author:Banksy

“My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.”

Opportunity Social Youth Blame Mum Inadequacy

Author:Paloma Faith

“My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.”

Children Stage Stupid Blame Mum

Author:Paloma Faith

“Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.”

Sometimes House Mum Rubbish

Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor

“I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.”

Thinking I Can Sides Dad Likes Shopping Mum Both Sides

Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor

“I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato; pasta with a tin of tomatoes; and extra mild plastic-y cheddar chopped into cubes with bits of cucumber.”

Three Bits Four Raised Fingers Fishes Meals Extras Eggs Plastic Mum Inclination Tomatoes Pasta Tin Scotch Cubes Cucumbers Cheddar

Author:Paloma Faith

“Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.”

Years Born Dad Eight Cooks Mum Spain Exceptional Cuisine Portugal

Author:Paloma Faith

“You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.”

Knows Believe Made Issues Feminism Achieve Capable Gender Sexism Relevant Mum

Author:Paloma Faith

“I'm just like any other regular mum; cooking, cleaning, wiping butts, picking up after kids, being a wife and helping the kids with their homework. Mind you, I'm terrible at maths. I can't even do my six-year-old's maths homework with her.”

Years Mind I Can Helping Kids Wife Terrible Six Cooking Math Ridiculous Mum Cleaning Homework Six Year Olds

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.”

Ifs Left My Own Crazy Driven Generous Girlfriend Devices Mum

Author:Louis Tomlinson

“I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.”

Kids Wanted Sound Plans Producers Mum Keyboards Djs Sample

Author:Timbaland

“I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms.”

Want Years Firsts Children Three House Dad Decided Saved Mum Bedroom Detached Mum And Dad

Author:Tinie Tempah

“My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.”

Persons Sides Stupid Dad Argument My Dad Mum

Author:Frank Lampard

“Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'”

Mum Delighted Bogs

Author:Jasmine Guinness

“I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.”

Knows Looks Home Able Wanted Dad My Family Mum Another Day Whatever It Takes Mum And Dad

Author:Rory McIlroy

“Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.”

Stills Home Parent Church Return Dad Band Catholic My Dad Progressive Mum Upbringing Loving God Integrated Protestants Flutes Mum And Dad Marching Band

Author:James Nesbitt

“I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.”

Giving Feels Facts Imagination Childhood Tvs Dad Independence Warm Mum Boundless Mum And Dad

Author:Dido Armstrong

“When I was 13, I remember crying on my mum's shoulder when my first girlfriend dumped me via MSN Messenger. That was cold.”

Firsts Remember Cry Cold Shoulders Girlfriend Mum Messengers Dumped

Author:Conor Maynard

“I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.”

Want Littles Born Dad My Dad Clever Drivers Peter Mum Jane Taxi Liverpool Administrators Vets Little Sister

Author:Jennifer Ellison

“Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.”

Thinking Years Said Remember Three Written Holes Journalist Three Years Mum Energetic Three Year Olds

Author:Frank Bruno

“I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.”

Ifs Looks Home Eye School Remember Guy Courses Asking Scary If I Could Coming Home Mum American History Transplants

Author:Tim Ferriss

“As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.”

Helping Young Wonderful Grateful Trusted Mum Nannies

Author:Minnie Driver

“My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.”

Dad My Dad Lawyer Grandfather Mum Uncles Cousin My Grandfather

Author:Benicio Del Toro

“In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.”

Thinking Children Two School Jobs Young Three Parent Born Cases College Ready Dad My Dad Mum Going To College

Author:Gillian Anderson

“In my mum's day, you needed to be beautiful for a very short time to catch your man. It didn't start at six and go on until you're 75, right?”

Men Beautiful Goes On Needed Six Mum Short Time

Author:Susie Orbach

“But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.”

Knows Dad Chaos Caring Household Mum Chaotic Mum And Dad

Author:Dave Eggers

“We're all doing different things and some of the girls are mums, so priorities have changed. But I would love to do something with the Spice Girls again. I know we would have an amazing time.”

Knows Different Girl Changed Priorities Different Things Mum Spices Spice Girls

Author:Emma Bunton

“Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.”

Mum Patriarch Matriarchs

Author:Tony Scott

“The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.”

People Two Stars Sides Five Influence Dad Comfortable Sitting My Dad Atheist Restaurants Mum Sitting Around Sweatpants

Author:Evangeline Lilly

“My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum!”

Knows Want Would Be Mom Offers Criticism Decided My Mom Actresses Mum Shut Up Very Happy

Author:Morena Baccarin

“My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.”

Made Language Decision Teach Conscious Indian Mum Accents

Author:Naveen Andrews

“My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. I didn't really like her music back then because my mum was always playing it, but I've grown to appreciate it more.”

Play Young Used Records Couple Appreciate Mum Like Her

Author:Katy B

“I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all.”

Thinking Long Enough Jobs Remember Successful Entertainment Being Successful Mum Remember When

Author:Kelly Brook

“My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that made me not rebel. I have never touched a drug in my life.”

Made Wanted Watches Tvs Drug Clubs Touched Rebel Mum Strict

Author:Kelly Brook

“I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum.”

Should Trying Said Kids Wife Mum Hinder

Author:Melanie Brown

“In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.”

Hate Challenges Love Is Broken Balance Tough I Hate Performing Mum Work Life Balance Life Balance Broken Marriage

Author:Toni Braxton

“I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.”

Kids Five Dad South Massive Farms Mum Wales Mum And Dad

Author:Abbie Cornish

“My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.”

Artist Creative Expression Mum Creative Expression

Author:Abbie Cornish

“I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.”

Raised Mum Grandma My Grandma

Author:Jemaine Clement

“Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work and you talk about what you're doing, but without having to go into how your brother's been and how your mum's been because none of that's really relevant.”

Should Brother Good Things Relevant Mum Private Life Your Brother Your Mum

Author:Keisha Castle-Hughes

“My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.”

Thinking Dad My Dad Balanced Mum Worthless Balanced Life Grounding

Author:Alan Cumming

“My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.”

Play Together Song Normal Guitar Folks Mum Bass Get Together Folk Songs Harmonicas

Author:Dan Auerbach

“My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it.”

Ifs Stills Problem Would Be Father Rooms Clean Managers Hotel Mum Housekeeping Adamant General Manager

Author:Dianna Agron

“I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.”

Whole Mother Differences Generations Approach My Friends Agree Mum

Author:Jane Asher

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