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My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.


Hugh Hefner

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SHAKIRA I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.
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HOLLY MADISON People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor...
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ASHLEE SIMPSON My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for bei...
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MARY BARRA I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after ...
DAVID ALAN BASCHE I'm really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career...
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LAURA BENANTI I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who...
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ANA CASTILLO My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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KATHERINE HEIGL From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. My parents wondered what to do ...
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ELLEN POMPEO I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother'...
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OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.
LORETTA YOUNG Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise famili...
GAY TALESE Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise famili...
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CHANG-RAE LEE I'm not an immigrant - I was born and raised in New York. My parents are Puerto Rican, and Puert...
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate.
NIKI TAYLOR My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark...
J. R. SMITH I'm trying to be global and trying to push us, as a society, to becoming colorblind, and so I...
PRIYANKA CHOPRA I know a lot of parents of kid actors I've worked with have pressured them into acting, but my p...
EMILY BROWNING I am very proud to say that America is my home! I have so much respect for this country and the peop...
CAMILA ALVES Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two p...
NIA VARDALOS I've had two romances since moving to Las Vegas. One was with somebody 12 years older than me, a...
HOLLY MADISON I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors...
NIA VARDALOS Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonde...
ANGUS T. JONES I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that peop...
WINNIE HARLOW I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He...
GARY BUSEY In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from im...
RACHAEL TAYLOR I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grat...
PAUL WALKER 'Dancing With the Stars' really opened a lot of doors for me, and I'm so grateful for th...
CHELSEA KANE My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll u...
HEATHER O'ROURKE People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison ...
MARA WILSON I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were...
ALEXANDRA FULLER I always admired Hugh Jackman as an actor in movies but also in theatre because I'm a big fan of...
TAO OKAMOTO I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I...
GRACE POE It is important to me that people believe in me as a model, trust in me as a model - which they do i...
NOEMIE LENOIR If I'm going to see people, I won't wear heavy makeup. It's not attractive on me. When y...
KYLIE JENNER People who work with me think I should cut my hair. They say casting directors are less likely to hi...
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KAREN THOMPSON WALKER My life has been a blessing. I'm grateful for everything I do have and the places I'm going ...
LEAH LABELLE I almost resent being Charley Moviestar. Yeah, I'm grateful. But it takes me away from my kids.
JERRY LEWIS I actually found 'We're the Millers' one of the toughest, if I'm honest, least fun e...
WILL POULTER Look, I've always been a confident bloke. I'm grateful to my mother for that.
BRYAN BROWN For sure, I'm an acquired taste. People who've had that acquisition, who've acquired it,...
DAVID COSTABILE I try to ensure my daughters are not spoilt. They are very aware of how lucky they are and appreciat...
DAVID HAREWOOD Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I'm not ...
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CASEY NICHOLAW I've outlived my parents, and I've had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarka...
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CONOR MCGREGOR My mother doesn't have much of a social life with other A-list people. Which in a way I'm ve...
OONA CHAPLIN My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able t...
IAN MCEWAN I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my...
IAN ANDERSON I'm easy. Put me in an interesting location with good people and I'm there.
JANE CURTIN I'm close to both my parents and very proud of what they've achieved.
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JAMIE VARDY I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 3...
JACK NICHOLSON Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry pa...
ANDY SERKIS Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't k...
IKE TURNER I hope that my children will someday be as proud of me as I am of my mom. I am so grateful to be her...
CHELSEA CLINTON I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.
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HAILEY BALDWIN Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me u...
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CHANTAL SUTHERLAND I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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HUGH MACKAY Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familia...
HUGH MACKAY I wish we didn't have to own up to a policy deliberately designed to inflict suffering on people...
HUGH MACKAY It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.
HUGH MACKAY The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour ...
HUGH MACKAY Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that c...
HUGH MACKAY Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to em...
HUGH MACKAY Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all ava...
HUGH MACKAY No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?
HUGH MACKAY Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was some...
HUGH MACKAY Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
HUGH MACKAY One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling ...
HUGH MACKAY So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on ...
HUGH MACKAY When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's ...
HUGH JACKMAN Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be...
HUGH LAURIE I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that....
HUGH JACKMAN Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, ...
HUGH LAURIE I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can so...
HUGH JACKMAN I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.
HUGH LAURIE The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's...
HUGH GRANT I think pain is a very - it's an extremely hard thing to empathize moment to moment. And you oft...
HUGH LAURIE Perfectionism is a slow death....If everything were to turn out just as I would want it, just as I w...
HUGH PRATHER I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that h...
HUGH SHELTON