Raven Goodwin (Raven Shamira Goodwin) Quotes
I went to elementary like any other kid, but I was just always a little different. I had that sparkle, and everyone told my mom, 'She needs to be on TV, acting.'
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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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.
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If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me.
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When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn't go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure!
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My mom hates being on camera. My dad loves it - he eats it up!
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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If there's one thing any mom should have for fall, it's a peplum top.
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My mom, she's a great cook. You know, pirogue, borscht. I love borscht, and I love Pilemeni, meat dumplings.
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Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes.
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My mom is a great entertainer.
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I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly.
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People may not know this about me, but I've always loved cooking. My favorite thing to cook is my mom's spicy spaghetti.
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My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.
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My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'
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I was taught to think outside the box. Before my grandfather was one of the original Mad Men, he and a group of other Air Force Intelligence officers formalized brainstorming as a problem solving technique. He taught the concept that creativity can be taught at Buffalo University. My dad invented toys. My mom was a photographer.
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My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have.
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I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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I think any woman can be transformed by a beautiful dress and high heels.
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David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.
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I went to elementary like any other kid, but I was just always a little different. I had that sparkle, and everyone told my mom, 'She needs to be on TV, acting.'
