My Mom Quotes - Page 36

• My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Mom, Should Have, Play

  "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.

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• I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Mom, Children, Home

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• I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

  Shawn Johnson

  Mom, Chaperones

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• Two weeks ago at the U.S. Amateur, my mom caddied, and that is kind of a different feeling, because she's your mom and you have to listen to her. It was really comfortable having my mom there, but it's also really relieving and comfortable to have someone that knows the course off their hat, really.

  Lydia Ko

  Mom, Two, Feelings

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• My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

  Rob James-Collier

  Mom, Brother, Dad

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

  Hoda Kotb

  Mom, Brother, Moving

  "Hoda Kotb on her mom hero". www.today.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.

  Kristin Kreuk

  Mom, Years, Piano

  "Kristin Kreuk, Video-Game Vixen". Parade Interview, parade.com. February 26, 2009.

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• I always knew I wanted kids, but when my mom passed away I was like, 'I want a bunch of kids. I want three kids or four kids, and I want to have that relationship again.' I can't bring my mom back, but I can have children.

  Mindy Kaling

  Mom, Children, Kids

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• My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

  Little Milton

  Mom, Littles, Tots

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• I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

  Mindy McCready

  Mom, Ruins, Blame

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 11, 2005.

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• My mom and I have always had issues.

  Mindy McCready

  Mom, Issues

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• I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.

  Ryan McGinley

  Mom, Brother, Teenager

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• Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!

  Zayn Malik

  Mom, One Direction, Parent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

  Frank Ocean

  Mom, Father, New Orleans

  "Frank Ocean: On Channel Orange, Meeting Odd Future, and His Tumblr Letter". Interview with Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. November 20, 2012.

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• My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Mom, Mother, Dad

  "How Peter Orszag's Budget Team Makes America Work" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2010.

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• I dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde.

  Rita Ora

  Mom, Love Is, Hair

  "Exclusive Interview: Rita Ora". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. April 17, 2012.

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• My mom put me in dance classes when I was 5 years old.

  Danny Pudi

  Mom, Years, Class

  Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2010.

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• When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.

  Yul Vazquez

  Mom, Children, Negotiation

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• My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

  Aaron Levie

  Mom, Teacher, Dad

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• My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.

  Aaron Levie

  Mom, Snacks, Would Be

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• I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

  Brie Larson

  Mom, Actors, Dharma

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• I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.

  Brie Larson

  Mom, Home, Squares

  "Brie Larson Interview UNITED STATES OF TARA and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. March 23, 2010.

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• My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

  Coco Lee

  Mom, Growing Up, Hard Work

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• I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.

  Coco Lee

  Mom, Clothes, Decision

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• I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.

  Derek Luke

  Mom, Mother, Simple

  "Shadow & Act One On One w/ Derek Luke On His Work In ‘Sparkle’ & Upcoming Projects". Shadow & Act Interview, www.indiewire.com. August 09, 2012.

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