1,809 Quotes About Mom

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

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  • Author Janis Ian
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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.

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  • Author Jeremy Irvine
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    I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So what happens if you're playing a period film or something? You're in the Second World War. And what happens when your mom calls you on your phone? Do you go, 'Oh! What is this strange talking brick device?'" No. It's stupid. But you do everything you can to get in that mindset.

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  • Author Robert Griffin III
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    My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

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  • Author Robert Griffin III
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    I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

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  • Author Sheena Iyengar
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    Being a Sikh meant having to do what Mom and Dad said, and going to temple, and Mom and Dad choosing who I would marry. But going to an American school taught me that I was the one who's supposed to make those choices.

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  • Author Sheena Iyengar
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    In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

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