“And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.” PeopleMotherLossStruggleEmpathetic Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.” PeopleKnowsWritingHas BeensMotherTermCareersInfluenceHugeGrandmotherMy GrandmotherSupportiveWriting Life Author:Tea Obreht
“At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.” PeopleMotherFatherBeliefCan DoAdviceGreekRecallsDistressNurtureBest AdviceKeep The Faith Author:George Papandreou
“It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that's what it is.” PeopleMotherInterestingNiceSweetCastsVulnerabilityNice People Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private about it. She - when I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. So I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.” PeopleMotherChurchReligiousKnownGrowing UpIssuesGrowingBelieverBackgroundsFlamboyantPersonal Issues Author:Michael Shannon
“In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.” PeopleChildrenTodayMotherChurchSalvationRegionsPriestsHypocriteSanctitySingle MotherSanctity Of Marriage Author:Pope Francis
“There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They are out there, all around the world, creating new companies.” PeopleWorldWholeYoungMotherCompanyGenerationsCreatingInventionRecoveryAround The WorldJoblessNew CompanyNecessity Is The Mother Of Invention Author:Don Tapscott
“My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.” PeopleHas BeensI CanTwoMatterMotherFatherInfluenceNo Matter WhatMother And Father Author:Jack Wagner
“As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.” PeopleTryingEyeMotherCommunitySonNewsDisability Author:Judy Woodruff
“My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.” PeopleLittlesPlayCharacterWantedMotherFatherFeltRolesTakenGeniusComputerSmartMarkGlassesWho I AmFar AwaySmart PeopleVery SmartWheelchairs Author:Michael Weatherly
“I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're still in that intense mother-bonding phase. It might just be that. Because the dads haven't changed.” PeopleIfsStillsMightKidsMotherFatherDifferencesWonderHavensChangedDadIntensePhasesBonding Author:Jen Kirkman