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NATHAN FILLION My mother is a certainty. I can count on the watercolour pain in her voice when she calls to say she... TREVOR COLE In the modern desktop environment, with multitasking and alerts and constant activity, there are alw... MARCO ARMENT Since my mother passed away, my father and I forged a bond that is so tighter than one could possibl... JENNA MORASCA I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until ... GLEN HANSARD I'm not a very violent dude, and if something can be settled without any physicality, I'm al... STEPHEN MOYER My parents met at Fort Riley, Kan., during World War II. My father was an Army civilian; he had been... MARILLYN HEWSON All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, an... DICK CAVETT When I was born, my parents and my mother's parents planted a dogwood tree in the side yard of t... 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JASON WU It was based on something I wrote at my dining room table on a weekend when my family was out of tow... DOUG CAMPBELL It was based on something I wrote at my dining room table on a weekend when my family was out of tow... DOUG CAMPBELL I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from th... MILEY CYRUS With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public sch... AMITY SHLAES My fans mean everything to me - especially the sisters! When you're on 'The View' or you... SHERRI SHEPHERD Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am... CATERINA MURINO I'm often asked where my nickname 'Kun' comes from. My parents says it was a Japanese ca... SERGIO AGUERO I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my ... AMANDA PEET We don't really work on a chore system at my house. It's more or less like when you see something ou... DAVID GALLAGHER My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he we... TORI AMOS I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the scre... HEDY LAMARR My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mothe... ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH It's a sad fact that people think we are the ones running a negative campaign, which is not the case... GABRIEL SANCHEZ If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a singl... LADY GAGA Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and -... JONI EARECKSON TADA On the rare occasions when my mother perfumed herself, she was going out, and so I rarely smelled th... MARY GAITSKILL My wife, Lisa, and I both grew up on wuxia - Chinese historical romances. They're kind of analog... KEN LIU I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. TORI AMOS There's something so great when you're watching a movie when you slowly get to know somebody... DEREK CIANFRANCE The funniest thing is when somebody says "Look I've no idea who you are but my friend said you are o... MATTHEW PERRY When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a... CAROLINE KENNEDY I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous&... AMY GOODMAN My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at so... FELICITY KENDAL When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting... RITCHIE BLACKMORE I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her be... QUINCY JONES My family were Conservative Jews. My parents were both born in this country, but my father grew up o... NORMAN LLOYD Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on yo... JESSICA SIMPSON When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Lon... WHITNEY HOUSTON I'm not full on 'Jersey Shore' Jersey, but in my heart, my bangs are so feathered with t... MELISSA RAUCH Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, “You are so much like her.” GWENN WRIGHT My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my ... JULIAN FELLOWES I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness both... GRACE SLICK It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political. ALEXEI SAYLE I think I said something mean when I was little, and my mother snapped on me. I was just like, '... CRAIG ROBINSON I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was,... ERIC DICKERSON I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is s... JOHN OSBORNE My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When ... ZOOEY DESCHANEL I know in my mind that she went right up to heaven. I know she forgave her mother. She knows her mot... JENNIFER CZAJKA a litmus test: How conservative are you? BRUCE BENSON In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that... AARON RODGERS Although I come from a family who are Muslim - my mother is Egyptian, my father is Palestinian - my ... YASMINE AL MASRI In my business - SAT tutoring - you get used to sighs. A client's mother frets over the sheer am... ELIOT SCHREFER Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to... GORAN IVANISEVIC People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly pho... COLIN FIRTH When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your ho... ALEXANDER PAYNE I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creati... GARY SHTEYNGART A woman's body never really belongs to herself. As an infant, my body was my mother's, a det... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN When I was a kid, my mum had a lot of Dumas books in the house, and she's from France originally... TOM REISS Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I ... LIZ MURRAY It's nice to have somebody who's as passionate about it as you are, and it's never a problem with al... MELANIE TROXEL My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old. LAURA BENANTI Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're sayi... BEN CARSON When it detects a chaotic heartbeat, the ICD gives her a shock. It also acts as a pacemaker. LARRY LUSTIG When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we're in total shock because it... DAVID H. KOCH When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River o... BRAD PAISLEY I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that th... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We're now segregating our schools based on economics; we're segregating our schools based on... DAVID BOIES
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