“What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that I can pay the rent, I'm worrying about people I care about, you know, the people I love. The little aches and pains of my children that I, my family. That's always first.” PeopleKnowsFirstsChildrenLittlesI CanFactsCarePainUsedNightPayWorryKnow HowMy FamilyMy ChildrenI CareAcheAches And Pains Author:Paul Auster
“I don't know - I feel like someone would think of me, or anyone in my family, as unappreciative of a moment, and I've really learned to appreciate a moment. I take things in a lot. I'm kind of weird like that. I like to go outside at night by myself and look at the sky and just appreciate it. I'm not that big of a weirdo, but - occasionally.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLooksKindMomentsBigsNightSkyAppreciateMy FamilyThink Of MeWeirdo Author:Kendall Jenner
“I have a family and you know very well the time that that takes. That's good time. I have a couple hobbies. I'm a runner and play tennis. In the summer my family and I uproot ourselves and go live in Maine for the summer. We have a house on a very tiny island in Maine. Which is really my spiritual center. We've been going there for ten years, and it has no ferry service, no bridges, no telephone service. It's really isolated.” KnowsYearsWellsPlaySpiritualHouseCoupleTenSummerMy FamilyTinyBridgesIslandsTennisGood TimesIsolatedHobbiesRunnersTelephonesMaineFerry Author:Alan Lightman
“As far as my divorce goes, I love my family and I love my wife to death and I just don't know what tomorrow's going to bring.” KnowsWifeTomorrowMy FamilyDivorceMy WifeLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyLove My WifeI Love My Wife Author:Hulk Hogan
“Being Latina means I have culture I guess. We party together, cry together, and cook together. Or at least my family does as much as we can. We know where we're from and we have a certain kind of rhythm and understanding. Togetherness. As I get older it becomes more apparent that there is a community in this industry that is working together to rise up and fight against the misinterpretation of Hispanic and what it means to be a Latino-American nowadays.” KnowsKindMeanDoeTogetherCertainCultureFightingUnderstandingCommunityPartyCryIndustryMy FamilyRhythmCooksWorking TogetherTogethernessLatinoHispanicLatinaMisinterpretation Author:Alicia Sixtos
“As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was always the new kid in town. The library always offered me my first and most important friendship: the place where I felt right at home. I still feel that way today, about libraries.” KnowsWayFeelsFirstsChildrenLongStillsImportantDoneHomeKidsTodayFeltMy FamilyTownsMovedLibraryShyLong AgoIntrovertedScholarly Author:Lois Lowry
“I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a lot to think about before I said yes. I had to consider the implications for Pixar, for my family, for my reputation. I decided that I didn't really care, because this is what I want to do. If I try my best and fail, well, I've tried my best.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsSaidStillsCareCoursesKnow HowFailingMy FamilyDecidedReputationBad ThingsImplicationsPixar Author:Steve Jobs
“I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenStoriesBigsActorsDealsActingHorrorMy FamilyBig DealHorror StoriesChild Actors Author:Ashley Johnson
“My friends and my family - the people who I love and who love me back. Whenever I get down, when I want to crawl under a rock, I just look around at them and I see how rich my life is. You have to remember what’s most important in life. I am loved by so many people and have a wonderful job. I know I’m incredibly blessed. I am a completely lucky human being.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansLooksImportantJobsRememberLife IsHuman BeingsRichWonderfulRocksLuckyMy FriendsMy FamilyBlessed Author:Troian Bellisario
“I haven't had any bad jobs. I was a hairdresser before and that's it. I still cut my family and mates' hair when they want a trim. If I go up to Scotland to see my mum, I know she'll say, 'Bring your scissors!'” IfsKnowsWantStillsJobsCuttingHavensHairMy FamilyMatesMumScotlandScissorsHairdresserBad Jobs Author:Sharleen Spiteri
“I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.” PeopleKnowsYearsThreeNew YorkBuildingMy FamilySquaresQuarters Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.” PeopleKnowsMomentsNextRoomsHalfToughMy FamilyPerformingHotelWhere You AreAirplaneTouringAeroplanesHotel RoomsHazeHectic Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting when I was a kid, and I've earned a living as an artist all my life. It's my job in the sense that it's everything I am, the only thing I know how to do. I literally do not have qualifications to do anything else on this planet. Seriously, it's scary. [But] I don't consider it a job [because] it's my religion - it's my faith, it's my family, it's everything to me.” KnowsKidsJobsArtistActorsActingKnow HowPlanetsMy FamilyTheaterScaryPerformersQualificationsTheater Family Author:Torquil Campbell
“Honestly, in the beginning, it was really tough. Coming from Cincinnati, Ohio, I was just a girl who had a dream, which was to go to Los Angeles, have a career and to be able to support my family. To have a dream like that and, you know, you're not ready.” KnowsDreamAbleGirlCareersSupportReadyToughMy FamilyHonestlyLos AngelesOhioNot ReadyJust A GirlCincinnati Ohio Author:Carmen Electra
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” KnowsFamilyRocksMy FamilyInstitutionsSteadyCousinUnconditionalFamily LoveAbout FamilyHappy FamilyInspirational Family LoveGreat FamilyBest FamilyInspirational FamilyFunny FamilyLovely FamilyFunny Family ReunionImportance Of FamilyLove Life And FamilyCute FamilyWork FamilyAmazing FamilyLife And FamilyFamily PhotoFamily Matters Author:Lee Iacocca
“After 14 years in boxing, the best decision I could have made was to take the last year off. My mind was not in boxing, but since I got here with Freddie, everything is working perfectly again. Boxing is all I know. Boxing is my life. Through boxing, I raised my family and I work to provide the best future for them. They are the reason I love boxing.” KnowsYearsMindMadeReasonLastsDecisionMy FamilyRaisedBoxingLast Year Author:Miguel Cotto
“I'm a warrior if you try to hurt my family. And anybody I see getting it in the neck out there, I'm right there to protect them. I'm a big, strong guy who knows what he's doing. I've stopped a lot of things in the street, stopped a lot of people from getting hurt.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingBigsGuyStrongHurtStreetsProtectMy FamilyWarriorNecksGetting Hurt Author:Paul Sorvino
“It's no secret that my family was very, very poor, and I don't want that for my life or my children's life certainly. But some might say I could relax a bit more and know that that's not going to happen to me. I'm not going to end up in a car.” KnowsWantChildrenEndsMightHappensBitsPoorSecretCarMy FamilyMy ChildrenRelax Author:Anne Heche
“I remember when I read Walter, for example, six years ago now, I said, "This is the role for me." I said that to my family. There was something there that I knew was absolutely right, and that was just based on the character. That's when gut instinct comes into play. I know there are certain things I won't do.” KnowsYearsSaidPlayCharacterRememberCertainRolesExampleSixYears AgoMy FamilyInstinctGutsRemember WhenGut Instinct Author:John Noble
“I have had a very charmed life. I look at what's happened in my life, and I feel so lucky. I don't know how it occurred. I didn't plan it, but I got to be with my family when I needed to be with my family. I got to go and travel the world, doing these amazing projects, and I feel like I'm so privileged and grateful.” KnowsWorldFeelsLooksKnow HowPlansHappenedNeededLuckyProjectsMy FamilyGratefulPrivilegedTravel The WorldSo LuckyCharmedCharmed Life Author:Kristin Kreuk
“I'm not worried about headlines affecting my family, especially my son. He knows who I am. Whatever these things he is reading, he has a different perspective than the rest of the world just as a lot of my friends do.” KnowsWorldDifferentReadingSonPerspectiveMy FriendsMy FamilyWho I AmWorriedMy SonHeadlinesDifferent Perspective Author:Kid Rock
“I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.” PeopleKnowsKindPersonsMadeMomentsHelpingTurnsActingPromiseMy FamilyLet MeGroundedDespised Author:Jackie Evancho
“I don't really have girlfriends in movies, if you've noticed. Well, I have a few girlfriends, I just... I stay at home a lot. I'm just not very social. I don't do a lot with them, and I'm very homebound. I'll talk to my family, I talk to Brad... But I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He is really the only person I talk to.” IfsKnowsWellsPersonsHomeSocialMy FamilyGirlfriendStay At HomeBradLots Of Friends Author:Angelina Jolie
“I love my family. I came home the other days. My brother's passed-out on the couch, holding an empty bottle of sleeping pills. So I called the paramedics, and they pumped his stomach, and I think he's learned his lesson: you know, never to take my last two sleeping pills.” ThinkingKnowsTwoHomeLastsSleepFamilyBrotherLessonsMy FamilyEmptyMy BrotherBottlesStomachPillsCouchesLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyParamedicsSleeping PillsEmpty Bottles Author:Emo Philips
“I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.” PeopleKnowsPersonsDoneMissingMy FamilyAgreeLove My FamilyI Love My Family Author:LaToya Jackson
“Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color.” KnowsFeelsCultureBlackHalfColorMy FamilyObviousWales Author:Ryan Giggs
“I never met Kurt Cobain, but I felt like I got to know him in a manner probably more intimate than anyone I've known outside of my family.” KnowsFeltKnownMetsMy FamilyIntimateCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“I'm a little tired. I haven't been out for more than five or six weeks in the States, and that's really a lot for me. You know, to me, music is important, it's the way I make my living and I like it and I enjoy playing. But it's not the most important thing in my life - that's my family.” KnowsWayLittlesImportantStatesEnjoyFamilyFiveWeekHavensSixMusic IsMy FamilyImportant ThingsTired Author:Joe Pass
“There's one in every family. When the police calls in the middle of the night and says "We've got a family members of yours under arrest" and you know directly who it is. In my family we have seven of those... And they are all my *Mom*!” KnowsNightMiddleMomMembersMy FamilyPoliceSevenMy MomFamily MembersMiddle Of The Night Author:Christopher Titus
“In a crisis, my family puts aside all its petty differences and hatreds... Because a crisis, is a perfect opportunity to create *new* petty differences and hatreds! My dad's from that era when you lived to 50, your heart exploded and that was that. You know when you cook bacon and you pour the grease into the can? My dad's the can!” KnowsHeartOpportunityDifferencesPerfectDadMy FamilyHatredCrisisMy DadErasCooksPettyGrease Author:Christopher Titus
“My uncle was the first one in my family to get a telephone. It was like going to the moon. He came running over to tell us, and we were so proud. A telephone! We didn't have to go to the candy store to phone any more. We went around telling everyone. But we didn't hear from my uncle for three days, so my father got worried. He said, Let's go over there. We got there, and my uncle was very depressed. I asked, What's the matter? He said, I got a telephone and nobody called me. He didn't give his number out - he didn't know that you had to!” KnowsGivingFirstsSaidMatterRunningThreeFatherNumbersProudMoonMy FamilyPhonesStoresWorriedUnclesTelephonesCandyCandy StoresVery Depressed Author:Pat Cooper
“You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.” KnowsMenAbleMy FamilyHumbleWho I AmRight ThingFamily And FriendsDoing The Right ThingInspirational BasketballStay Humble Author:LeBron James
“Petersburg, growing up at home, all by my family and friends, Petersburg really, city-raised me, you know everybody there.” KnowsHomeCitiesGrowing UpGrowingMy FamilyRaisedFamily And Friends Author:Trey Songz
“My faith in God is everything at this point. Also, my family and friends that I've had around me pretty much my whole life and my boyfriend, we've been together for eight years. I try to keep people around me who've been around me, who've seen me struggle. They know how dedicated I am and how hard I've worked. They know me - not the Jennifer from American Idol and Dreamgirls, but the real Jennifer.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsRealHardWholeTogetherKnow HowStruggleMy FamilyEightWhole LifeDedicatedIdolsFaith In GodKnow MeFamily And FriendsMy BoyfriendJenniferAmerican Idol Author:Jennifer Hudson
“And you know something, because everything that I've gotten - my career, my money, my family; everything that I've gotten and achieved is because of California.” KnowsCareersMy FamilyCalifornia Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.” KnowsTryingMeanHardHard WorkMy FamilyWorking ItTake MeTake Me Away Author:Jeff Bridges
“I love my family but my family - they're the type of people that never let you forget anything you ever did... I was in the first grade Christmas play - I'm playing Mary. Now, during the course of the play, I dropped the baby Jesus... They still talk about this. I go to my family reunion, and one of my cousins just had a baby. So I'm like, 'Oh, that's a cute little baby. Let me hold the baby...' And my aunt runs over, 'Don't you give her that baby! You know she dropped the baby Jesus!'” PeopleKnowsGivingFirstsLittlesStillsPlayRunningCoursesJesusForgetBabyTypeMy FamilyLet MeCuteGradesMaryCousinAuntReunionMy CousinFamily ReunionLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyBaby Jesus Author:Wanda Sykes
“I'm pretty busy: I'm a working mom and I know a lot about having a hectic schedule, but I think what's really important to me and what's on the top of that list is just making sure that my family stays healthy, especially during flu season.” ThinkingKnowsImportantMomHealthyMy FamilySeasonsBusyListsSchedulesFluHecticWorking MomHectic Schedule Author:Tia Mowry
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“I come from making money in the streets. The streets all I know. All my family is still in the streets. So, it's going to be hard to pull me right back into that. When I ain't doing no shows four days out of the week, I may be in my hood or at my grandma's house in the hood. But yes, I got a kid. I got to get more serious about the music so he don't get dragged into that life.” KnowsMayStillsHardShowsKidsHouseFourWeekStreetsSeriousMy FamilyMaking MoneyGrandmaHoodMy GrandmaGrandma's House Author:Shy Glizzy
“I just see me, an ordinary girl. I know my life is not typical, but I have tried to stay really grounded and true to myself. My family really helps me with that.” KnowsHelpingLife IsGirlOrdinaryMy FamilyHelp MeTypicalGroundedTrue To MyselfOrdinary Girl Author:Zendaya
“I know how much respect I have for people of all different faiths, but especially for my family, who are the most important people in my life, and who are still practicing, and deeply religious.” PeopleKnowsStillsImportantDifferentReligiousKnow HowMy FamilyDifferent Faiths Author:Stephen Karam
“I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. I want my husband and I to be the ones our kids look to for guidance, to be the great role models that I had with my parents growing up, so for as hard as we work, I want our kids to see us having fun. I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that.” KnowsWantFeelsLooksI CanHardBodyKidsFunParentRolesGrowing UpGrowingHugeHusbandModelsMy FamilyHaving FunGuidanceBeing The BestMy HusbandRole ModelsNutritionGreat Role Models Author:Kerri Walsh
“When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.” KnowsHas BeensAmericaOpportunityLandMy FamilyDecidedHollywoodEnglandLand Of Opportunity Author:Aasif Mandvi
“In some ways for many years I was off the hook.When my niece was born after that their attention was focused on that and she did that. You know, that was in our family that's what she did. I went off and chased this dream and this career that very other few people in our, you know, in my family, but even culturally were doing.” PeopleKnowsWayYearsDreamBornAttentionCareersMy FamilyFocusedOur FamilyHookNieceMy Niece Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I have to say, I'm not someone who's really big into my family history - never really was very curious about it. The only thing I know about it is what I picked up from my aunts and parents.” KnowsBigsParentMy FamilyCuriousAuntFamily History Author:Robert Barry
“I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.” KnowsFactsMightBloodMy FamilyTownsIndianGermany Author:Rush Limbaugh
“That's always been like a fascination to me - watching my family, three sisters and a brother and all growing up basically in the same situation and each one being so totally different and going on to completely different areas and directions. But for me to go into psychoanalysis really steadily, would be putting too much energy into trying to figure out why I am the way I am... Basically this is how I am and it's alright and I don't want to know why I'm this way.” KnowsWayWantTryingDifferentWould BeThreeEnergySituationGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingFiguresBrotherAreasMy FamilyFascinationPsychoanalysisAlrightThree SistersI Am The Way I Am Author:Jessica Lange
“The Cuban Revolutionary Government has been generous and very considerate to me and my family. I lived in Santa Clara for a few months because I wanted to work in the countryside and get to know the country better.” KnowsHas BeensCountryGovernmentWantedMonthsMy FamilyRevolutionaryGenerousSantaCountrysideCubanConsiderateClara Author:Huey Newton
“I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's alcoholism in my family. It's like I've got to be Catholic, right?” KnowsMy FamilyCatholicUniversityAlcoholismSt PatrickSt Patrick's Day Author:Jim Gaffigan