- Big
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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
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing that we were book enthusiasts, my mother began hauling my sister and me down to the Stanton Free Library on Tuesday afternoons, where I'd find two or three books to bring home.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did meet 'The Everly Brothers' once, and we talked for awhile. Then we figured out we were first cousins! My late mother was the sister of Don and Phil's father, Ike Everly.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would read 'National Review' and I would read 'The Nation' and I would read 'The American Spectator' and I would read 'Mother Jones.'
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The liver signifieth the element of water, and it is also the water; for from the liver cometh the blood in the whole body into all the members. The liver is the mother of the blood.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a sense of destiny because of my mother, who was an extraordinary person but a terrible candidate for mother. She was like the god Cronus, who gave birth to his children in the morning and then ate them at night.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was the youngest of 11 kids and I grew up in her family's household. I was blessed to have my dad in my life and his family lived right down the street from the church.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was being hounded by a debt collector over a debt that she didn't owe, and she eventually just paid it because she wanted the calls to stop. I was very surprised. It sounded so strange. I started poking around on the Internet and found this was extremely common.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is half-French, half-Malagasy, so I've been listening to African music, like Malian and Congolese music, since I was a child.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020