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"Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it."

"Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

Mom, Artist, Being, Cause

11

"My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them."

"My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them."

Milo Ventimiglia, American Actor

Mom, Women, Open, Respect

11

"My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot."

"My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot."

Little Milton, American Musician

10

"I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom."

"I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

10

"I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in."

"I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in."

Liz Phair, American Musician

10

"My mom is a sculptress."

"My mom is a sculptress."

P. J. Harvey, British Musician

10

"If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'"

"If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'"

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

10

"I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised."

"I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised."

Amy Lee, American Musician

Mom, Drama, Kitchen, Police

10

"I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom."

"I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

10

"There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom."

"There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Mom, Deep, Nothing, Parents

10

"My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop."

"My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop."

Peter Agre, American Scientist

10

"Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste."

"Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

10

"My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be."

"My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

10

"My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays."

"My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

Mom, Men, Draft, Earth

10

"I got tackled once in a movie theater. I was with my mom and brother, and then suddenly I got hit from behind and sort of sprawled out on the candy counter."

"I got tackled once in a movie theater. I was with my mom and brother, and then suddenly I got hit from behind and sort of sprawled out on the candy counter."

Scott Wolf, American Actor

Mom, Brother, Theater

10

"Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different."

"Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

10

"A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego."

"A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Mom, Beer, Ego, Favorite

10

"I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be."

"I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

Mom, Want, World

10

"Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment."

"Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

Mom, People, Childhood, Stars

9

"If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay."

"If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay."

Larisa Oleynik, American Actress

9

"I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect."

"I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Mom, Beauty, Want

9

"I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street."

"I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street."

Alice Barrett, American Actress

9

"Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states."

"Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

Mom, College, Daughters, Office

9

"My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet."

"My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Mom, Feet, Waiting

9

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"

Paula Poundstone, American Comedian

9

"That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'"

"That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'"

Ed O'Neill, American Actor

Mom, Coffee, Day, Drinking

9

"Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids."

"Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Mom, Kids, Parents, Relationships

9

"I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect."

"I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Mom, Thought, Buying, Day

9

"My children, Michael and Alex, are with our Heavenly Father now, and I know that they will never be hurt again. As a mom, that means more than words could ever say."

"My children, Michael and Alex, are with our Heavenly Father now, and I know that they will never be hurt again. As a mom, that means more than words could ever say."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

Mom, Father, Children, Hurt

8

"I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls."

"I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls."

Connie Stevens, American Actress

8

"When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical."

"When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical."

Alia Shawkat, American Actress

8

"They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'"

"They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'"

Charlotte Rae, American Actress

8

"My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice."

"My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice."

Shuler Hensley, American Actor

Mom, Idea, Ballet, Training

8

"I know how to do anything, I'm a mom."

"I know how to do anything, I'm a mom."

Roseanne Barr Arnold, American Actress

8

"My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years."

"My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

Mom, Dad, Years

8

"When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with."

"When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with."

Faith Hill, American Musician

Mom, Trust, People, Children

7

"My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper."

"My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

7

"Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends."

"Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

7

"One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes."

"One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes."

Bam Margera, American Celebrity

7

"I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform."

"I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

6

"For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values."

"For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Mom, Values, Night, Want

5

"My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always."

"My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Mom, Friend, Friends, School

4

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