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  • Kevin J. Anderson on mom

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    “My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn’t think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.” -Kevin J. Anderson

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  • Alan Jackson on mom

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    “My mother kept asking me, ‘When are you going to do a gospel album?’ And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.” -Alan Jackson

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  • Devon Sawa on mom

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    “I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.” -Devon Sawa

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  • Alexander Wang on mom

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    “My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I’m this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.” -Alexander Wang

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  • Shailene Woodley on mom

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    “There’s been times when I’ve had heartbreaking moments and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe you said that,’ or ‘I can’t believe you did that’. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it’ll always hurt, but I’ve never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or…

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  • Steve Burns on mom

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    “When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City.” -Steve Burns

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  • Chris Ware on mom

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    “I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.” -Chris Ware

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  • Jenna Bush on mom

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    “I’m sure there were times when I wish I had thought, ‘Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,’ but our parents didn’t raise us to think about them. They’re very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn’t think of any repercussions.” -Jenna…

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  • Uma Thurman on mom

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    “I’m an actress and mom, and I probably don’t have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don’t know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don’t actually practise them.” -Uma Thurman

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  • Frank Ocean on mom

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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

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  • Chloe Moretz on mom

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    “The problem with me is, anything that’s easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I’m 14 – my mom is super-strict about that.” -Chloe Moretz

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  • Patricia Heaton on mom

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    “I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they’re at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives.” -Patricia Heaton

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  • Dwayne Johnson on mom

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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

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  • Chris Isaak on mom

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    “My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they’re the best songs ever.” -Chris Isaak

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  • Holly Madison on mom

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    “I want my daughter to be proud of me and look up to me. I think early on in my pregnancy I realized that to be the mom I want to be, I had to change my life, and that’s what I’m doing.” -Holly Madison

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  • Idina Menzel on mom

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    “I’m a mom – I’m lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I’ve been so bad on the upkeep, though.” -Idina Menzel

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  • Eliza Dushku on mom

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    “My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She’s a professor in Boston, and she’s been teaching women’s studies for 30 years and international politics.” -Eliza Dushku

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  • Brett Ratner on mom

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    “Miami Beach – that’s where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother – a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate – my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.” -Brett Ratner

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  • Hilary Duff on mom

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    “My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through, like when you’re 13 and you think you’re too cool for your parents. When you’re embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be…

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  • Busy Philipps on mom

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    “I’m somebody who doesn’t work with a stylist. I’ll be honest with you, I’m a mom and it’s just not something I want to put money toward because it’s expensive to have somebody who helps dress you and I feel like I have to pay for preschool and so many things… so I don’t have…

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  • Emmitt Smith on mom

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    “My mom said, ‘Don’t get married. You’re too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.’ And I did.” -Emmitt Smith

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  • Vinny Guadagnino on mom

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    “I got a family house for everybody to live in – my mom, my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don’t come from any money. So once I get them settled in, in a nice house, then I’ll…

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  • Mark Hoppus on mom

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    “I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom’s car in the middle of the night. He’d drive over to my house, I’d sneak out and we’d go out to the desert and just burn things down.” -Mark Hoppus

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  • Kristi Yamaguchi on mom

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    “I’ve realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don’t want to get injured because then I can’t take care of my kids.” -Kristi Yamaguchi

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  • Andrew Bird on mom

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    “My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you’re still learning language. It’s using the same part of the brain.” -Andrew Bird

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