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		My father and mother were not that compatible. I don't think they had a good wedding night, and I was the product of that. We weren't close.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						 Harry Dean Stanton
					
				
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		Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
	
	  Camille Paglia Camille Paglia
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		I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
	
	  Parker Harris Parker Harris
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		My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
	
	  Damian Marley Damian Marley
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		Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
	
	  Kate Middleton Kate Middleton
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		I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.
	
	  Camila Alves Camila Alves
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		I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
	
	  Raney Aronson-Rath Raney Aronson-Rath
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		I don't want to overemphasize this, but not a day goes by when I don't think about my mother and what she would think about what I just did. I often adjust my approach.
	
	  Ursula Burns Ursula Burns
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		You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
	
	  Sam Raimi Sam Raimi
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		While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier that's got hold of a fox.
	
	  Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan
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		My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War.
	
	  Tammy Duckworth Tammy Duckworth
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		Everything that went on in my life... it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by that I mean my son and to have that relationship with my son to give me that quiet confidence that I needed as a mother and as a woman. Now with Brooklyn, I am just so at ease; I am so comfortable.
	
	  Vanessa Lachey Vanessa Lachey
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		My mother was amazing. I guess, in our community, if you wanted to get by you had to work hard. So she cleaned offices. She did everything that you could imagine. We were really poor. But she would say, 'Where you are is not who you are.'
	
	  Ursula Burns Ursula Burns