Jon Bon Jovi Quotes
My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.
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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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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.
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It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.
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I was raised by a family that there was no, 'You're a girl so you have a limited number of options.' In my community, that was never anything that happened.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.
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It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.
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I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.
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The emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.
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We aim to restore our focus on building an economy in which all South Africans can flourish, an economy which benefits the people as a whole rather than a privileged few.
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A song's lyrics can't be held culprit for the overall change in society.
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My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.
