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  • Aasif Mandvi on mom

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    “When I was 11 my friend’s mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, ‘I’m never eating anything else again.’ And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.” -Aasif Mandvi

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  • Geoff Davis on mom

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    “You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That’s the kind of congressman I’ll be.” -Geoff Davis

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  • Rachael Leigh Cook on mom

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    “But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.” -Rachael Leigh Cook

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  • Brooklyn Decker on mom

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    “I’m named after a horse. My mom’s best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested ‘Brooklyn’ as a more formal version, and it just stuck – and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.” -Brooklyn Decker

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  • Ashton Kutcher on mom

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    “My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures.” -Ashton Kutcher

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  • Mary Lynn Rajskub on mom

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    “I told my agents that I didn’t want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, ‘It’s the coolest show. You have to go.’” -Mary Lynn Rajskub

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  • Chrissie Hynde on mom

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    “I’m not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.” -Chrissie Hynde

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  • Vanessa Kerry on mom

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    “It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn’t just my dad’s story, it was my mom’s story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories.” -Vanessa Kerry

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  • Mila Kunis on mom

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    “My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you’re a kid, you can learn a language much more easily I learned English in less than a year.” -Mila Kunis

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  • Ekaterina Gordeeva on mom

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    “I’m almost a full-time mom.” -Ekaterina Gordeeva

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  • Aly Raisman on mom

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    “I was two years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes. I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit!” -Aly Raisman

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  • Atticus Shaffer on mom

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    “I’ve always been homeschooled, so doing it on set is kind of the same thing. My mom makes it very interactive – we’ll get a book on chocolate and learn how to make it, or she will buy antique items. I love military history, the mechanics and strategy of it.” -Atticus Shaffer

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  • Monica Potter on mom

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    “As a mom, I understand how important it is to ensure kids start their day right and always make sure my kids have a nutritious breakfast. One in five U.S. children live in homes where food is not always available, which is why I partnered with Kellogg’s on their ‘Share Your Breakfast’ campaign, which provide…

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  • Alison Lohman on mom

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    “My dad’s an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.” -Alison Lohman

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  • Christina Applegate on mom

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    “I wasn’t one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.” -Christina Applegate

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  • Stacie Orrico on mom

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    “Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.” -Stacie Orrico

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  • Hale Irwin on mom

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    “My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.” -Hale Irwin

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  • Micky Dolenz on mom

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    “My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.” -Micky Dolenz

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  • Tommy Rettig on mom

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    “My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon.” -Tommy Rettig

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  • Brian Sandoval on mom

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    “Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.” -Brian Sandoval

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  • Haley Reinhart on mom

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    “It’s always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.” -Haley Reinhart

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  • Janet Evanovich on mom

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    “I wasn’t always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.” -Janet Evanovich

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  • Tricia Helfer on mom

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    “Sometimes, if you don’t have kids yourself, it’s assumed you won’t understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it.” -Tricia Helfer

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  • Andre Dubus III on mom

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    “My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn’t live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn’t really aware that he was a writer I didn’t start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that…

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  • Michael D. Barnes on mom

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    “We’ve got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We’re phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.” -Michael D. Barnes

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