Dominique Moceanu Quotes

My mom always knew I would be able to take care of myself, but my dad was afraid.

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• We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.

  

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• One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!

  

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• When you celebrate, it's something that happens as a group. But when you mourn, sorrow is something that you handle as an individual.

  

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• My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.

  

  Laura Wasser
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• If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

  

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• I'm a dad and a husband, and so the things that I love to do are all geared around my family.

  

  Pablo Schreiber
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• My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
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• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

  Dan Gable
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• My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
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• My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
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• Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.

  

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• I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• My mom's whole life had been my gymnastics. We struggled to connect when I stopped.

  

  Rachele Brooke Smith
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• My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.

  

  Tamron Hall
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• I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

  

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• Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

  

  W. C. Fields
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• My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

  

  Olivia Wilde
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• My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'

  

  Carine Roitfeld
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• As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.

  

  Brian J. White
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• I work out most days, normally first thing, and then I just see where the day takes me. I recipe test most days, do lots of social media and emails, but nothing else is constant. Some days, I film YouTube videos; other days, I have lots of meetings, work on blog posts, brainstorm ideas, and work on upcoming projects.

  

  Ella Woodward
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• I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

  

  Twyla Tharp
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• It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.

  

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• My mom always knew I would be able to take care of myself, but my dad was afraid.

  

  Dominique Moceanu
  • Dad
  • Mom