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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Quotes
On mothers, their advice, and what stays with us.
Several of these lines trace back to childhood impressions left by a mother's words, whether about appearance, privacy, or simply keeping close watch. For prayer-toned reflections, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film 'The Palestinian.' Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press.
- Chickens
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wanted me to be a reader. She was a reader. Even though she had an 11th-grade education, she was curious about all kinds of things - archeology, anthropology.
- Mother Teresa
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- Nov 07, 2020
For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Above all, there is Mother. She taught me how to love, how to have respect for other people.
- Better Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.
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- Nov 07, 2020