Jennifer Flavin Quotes

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't.

Demi Moore is an extremely sexy woman. Melanie Griffith, Annette Bening - these are all brave women. They've all managed to have kids and still be sexy. If anything, being a mom makes them even sexier.

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.

I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.

My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have - a father in the house with them while growing up or a big butt? I tell you 86 percent of the time, girls say a big butt because it gets them further.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.

I'm a mom first.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect.

With women, the way they look... it's the core of their self-esteem.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I don't think what I look like is relevant.

I think of myself as a fairly attractive girl and always have, thanks to my mom. I was brought into this world thinking I was gorgeous because my mother was extremely devoted to this notion.

I don't need to impress children.

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.

The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first.

I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.