My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.
Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me.
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education.
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things.
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.
I get great joy from creating the perfect Norman Rockwell holiday. This is why I think I might be Martha Stewart's brother from another mother.
Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.
My natural mother passed away from cystic fibrosis when I was a toddler, so I feel a great deal of empathy for people who are struggling with disease.
My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan.
My mother brought me numerous times to visit Orton as a child, and I have visited the gardens with my children many times. Orton is a gem on the Cape Fear River and I am excited about our restoration efforts to bring it back to its original landscape...
You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.
No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.
I was raised by a single psychologist mother and we spent every evening sitting at the kitchen table and dissecting our emotions and speculating about the inner life of everyone we knew.
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.
