Dominique Moceanu Quotes

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

Dominique Moceanu

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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.

  

  Sam Brownback
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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!

  

  Mac DeMarco
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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.

  

  Irvin Mayfield
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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.

  

  Hanna Rosin
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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.
  • Music
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• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Great
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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
  • Friends
  • Guy
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• My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Food
  • Dad
  • Delicate

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

  

  Halima Aden
  • Up
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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
  • Work
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• My mom's whole life had been my gymnastics. We struggled to connect when I stopped.

  

  Rachele Brooke Smith
  • Life
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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.

  

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

  

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

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • America
  • Dad
  • Childhood

• It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didn't want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didn't want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right.

  

  Derrick Rose
  • Up
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• At a very young age, I was in Germany watching TV and I told my mom I wanted to be an actor. She said, 'Go for it.' When my dad retired from the military, we moved to Los Angeles, and it all kicked off.

  

  Khleo
  • She
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• Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Way
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• There was no studio system to let me work my way up through small roles. When I got up on my hind legs, no one would believe it.

  

  John Gavin
  • Up
  • Work
  • Believe

• I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.

  

  Edward Grey
  • Country
  • War
  • Support

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

  

  Dominique Moceanu
  • Dad
  • Mom