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  • Elisabeth Shue on mom

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    “My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like…

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  • James Levine on mom

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    “More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I’m still amazed at the number who aren’t and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom’s got to be the one who stays home, not dad.” -James Levine

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  • Trey Anastasio on mom

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    “When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.” -Trey Anastasio

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  • David Ortiz on mom

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    “My mom, she’s still always there for me. Always.” -David Ortiz

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  • Anna Chlumsky on mom

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    “I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn’t care to know. That was my mom’s job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can’t trust your mom, then who can you trust?” -Anna Chlumsky

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  • Elizabeth Olsen on mom

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    “I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.” -Elizabeth Olsen

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  • Larry Elder on mom

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    “My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.” -Larry Elder

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  • Emily Procter on mom

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    “Before you’re a mom you don’t know what gear is going to be relevant.” -Emily Procter

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  • Janis Ian on mom

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    “I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.” -Janis Ian

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  • Margot Kidder on mom

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    “We didn’t have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.” -Margot Kidder

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  • Tim Scott on mom

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    “As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.” -Tim Scott

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  • Criss Angel on mom

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    “It’s so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn’t have any money, and my only car was mom’s Hyundai.” -Criss Angel

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  • Bode Miller on mom

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    “My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.” -Bode Miller

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  • Mike Mills on mom

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    “OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, ‘Why in the heck did you get married?’ Like, what was going on? What was that time? It’s like this crazy paradox that my whole life is…

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  • Bam Margera on mom

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    “One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.” -Bam Margera

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  • Kat Dennings on mom

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    “My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.” -Kat Dennings

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  • Kenny Loggins on mom

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    “We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn’t provide security, the relationship unraveled.” -Kenny Loggins

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  • Taraji P. Henson on mom

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    “Once you’re a mom, always a mom. It’s like riding a bike, you never forget.” -Taraji P. Henson

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  • Paul Walker on mom

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    “My mom’s hot. I mean she’s old, but my mom’s out of control.” -Paul Walker

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  • Georgina Chapman on mom

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    “One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother’s engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It’s a Victorian-style setting that’s closed in the back, so it doesn’t sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.” -Georgina Chapman

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  • Mika Brzezinski on mom

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    “For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern ‘superwoman’ wears off and reality sets…

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  • Stephen Colbert on mom

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    “No, my mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.” -Stephen Colbert

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  • Mandy Patinkin on mom

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    “My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.” -Mandy Patinkin

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  • Lisa Loeb on mom

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    “I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I’ve always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!” -Lisa Loeb

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  • Levon Helm on mom

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    “Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.” -Levon Helm

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