- 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
- Little Girls
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not want to take a troop. I was the mother of a little boy. I knew nothing about little girls.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Frances Louise McDormand, formerly known as Cynthia Ann Smith. I was born in Gibson City, Ill., in 1957. I identify as gender-normative, heterosexual, and white-trash American. My parents were not white trash. My birth mother was white trash.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications of lupus. She had lived with this autoimmune disease for 14 years, primarily confined to her mother's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Ga.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and pass the hat when I was 4.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Revamp is a band that would deserve the hundred-percent devotion a band needs, and at this moment, I don't see any future for another band next to a band such as Nightwish, and with the ambition to become a mother, I will have to let Revamp go, which is a very sad decision.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'
- Nov 07, 2020