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With Mother's Day approaching, we're highlighting1) the profound and lasting influence that mothers have on their children. We collected some great quotes from celebrities who shared how their mothers helped make them who they are today.
"We're best friends—she's a very special woman; she's been so supportive. She's partly the reason why I have so much respect for women. I'm never going to find someone as good as my mother, am I?"
—Justin Timberlake
"I've never gone a day without talking to her, and she gives me the wisest advice. But most of all, she's put her kids first since we were born. Growing up, she was always there for me when I needed a friend. That's why she's still one of my closest friends now."
—Taylor Swift
"My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart."
—Zac Efron
"People can create their own lives; I saw how my mother created hers and so made it possible for us to survive. My mother was the one who rose to the occasion."
—Tom Cruise
"People ask me all the time, 'How did you survive that?' or 'How do you do all this?' It's really because of my mother and the encouragement she gave me."
—Hillary Clinton
"My mother taught me empathy—the basic concept of standing in somebody else's shoes and looking through their eyes. If I did something messed up, she'd just say, 'How would that make you feel if somebody did that to you?' That ends up being, I think, at the center of my politics, and I think that should be the center of all our politics. If we see a child who's languishing2) in an inner-city3) school, how would we feel if that was our child?"
—Barack Obama
"I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor."
—Ryan Gosling
母親節(jié)日益臨近,讓我們來著重看一下母親對孩子產生的那種深遠而持久的影響。我們收集了一些名人的經(jīng)典話語,在這些話語中,他們分享了母親是如何幫助他們達到今天的成就的。
“我們是最好的朋友——她是一位很獨特的女性,一直非常支持我。我之所以如此尊敬女性,其中一部分原因就在于她。我永遠找不到可以和我母親相媲美的人,對嗎?”
——賈斯汀·汀布萊克
賈斯汀·汀布萊克(1981~),美國著名影視歌三棲明星,代表作有歌曲“Cry Me a River”“Rock Your Body”以及影片《社交網(wǎng)絡》(The Social Network)等。
“我每天都和她交談,無一例外,而她會給我最為明智的建議。但最重要的是,自我們出生以來,她就一直把我們這些子女放在第一位。在我成長的過程中,每當我需要朋友時,她總在我身邊。這就是為什么她現(xiàn)在仍是我最親密的朋友之一?!眅ndprint
——泰勒·斯威夫特
泰勒·斯威夫特(1989~),美國著名女歌手,代表作有歌曲“Love Story”“You Belong with Me”等。
“我媽媽是第一個教我對女性謙恭禮讓的人,她教我要一直尊重她們,對她們以禮相待,教我要一直聽從自己內心的聲音?!?/p>
——扎克·埃夫隆
扎克·埃夫?。?987~),美國演員,代表作有影片《歌舞青春》(High School Musical)、《重回17歲》(17 Again)等。
“人們可以創(chuàng)造自己的生活。我見證了我的母親如何創(chuàng)造她的生活,讓我們因此能夠生存下去。是我的母親挺身而出應對了困境。”
——湯姆·克魯斯
湯姆·克魯斯(1962~),美國演員、制片人,代表作有影片《碟中諜》(Mission: Impossible)系列、《夜訪吸血鬼》(Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles)等。
“人們總是問我,‘你是如何熬過來的?或者‘你是怎么做到這一切的?這真的要歸功于我的母親和她對我的鼓勵。”
——希拉里·克林頓
希拉里·克林頓(1947~),美國前國務卿、著名律師、政治家,是美國前總統(tǒng)比爾·克林頓的妻子。
“我的母親教會我將心比心——這是設身處地為他人著想、站在他人角度看問題的基本觀念。如果我把某件事情搞砸了,她就會說:‘如果有人那樣對你,你會有什么感受?我想,母親教我的這種觀念最終成為我政治觀點的核心思想,它也應該成為我們所有政治觀點的核心思想。如果我們看到一個孩子在市中心貧民區(qū)學校遭受折磨,若那是我們的孩子,我們會有什么感受?”
——巴拉克·奧巴馬
巴拉克·奧巴馬(1961~),美國現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng),是第一位非裔美國總統(tǒng)。
“我在一個女強人家庭長大,對女性的理解力全部來自于我的母親和姐姐。她們教會我以某種方式尊重女性,這種方式讓我一直感到自己與女性之間有種強烈的情感聯(lián)系,我作為演員處理工作時就采取這種方式,對我也大有裨益。
——瑞恩·高斯林
瑞恩·高斯林(1980~),加拿大演員,代表作有影片《戀戀筆記本》(The Notebook)等。endprint