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"I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week."

"I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

Mom, Work, Luxury, Satisfaction

3

"Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar."

"Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

Mom, Self, Years

3

"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

3

"I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin."

"I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin."

Bryan White, American Musician

3

"If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything."

"If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything."

Patsy Cline, American Musician

3

"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."

"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, American Celebrity

Mom, Life, Time, Dad

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm."

"I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

Mom, Children, End, Grief

3

"I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls."

"I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls."

Chris Brown, American Musician

Mom, Girls, School, Singing

3

"I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it."

"I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it."

Jerry Doyle, American Actor

Mom, People, Want, Will

3

"I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too."

"I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too."

Billy Preston, American Musician

3

"I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me."

"I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

3

"Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy."

"Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy."

Cathy Guisewite, American Cartoonist

Mom, People, Teaching

2

"I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing "Maria" from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up."

"I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing "Maria" from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

2

"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

2

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

2

"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

2

"My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy."

"My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

Mom, Family, Kids

2

"Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M."

"Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Mom, Financial, Job

2

"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

2

"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

2

"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

2

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

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

Lorna Luft, American Actress

2

"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

2

"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

2

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mom, Fashion, Memory, Wine

2

"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."

"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

2

"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Mom, Son, Thoughts, Church

2

"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."

"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."

Holly Marie Combs, American Actress

Mom, Work, First, Months

2

"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

2

"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

1

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Mom, Father, School

1

"My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom."

"My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

1

"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

1

"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

1

"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

1

"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

1

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Mom, Movies, Sister, Daughter

"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

"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

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