- Family
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there were. At the end of the play, the mother realizes the terrible things she had done.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was from Mississippi, or is from 'Mississippi;' my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama. They were really the poster children for the bad public laws that segregated, according to race, in our country.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
When your kids are 5 or 6, they already start playing with makeup. And I was the only mother in freakin' elementary school getting called in to deal with makeup on her daughter.
- Homework
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be the type of mother where my child came to me, and I can't even help her with her homework.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I love being a mother the most. I dream of taking holidays with my three kids. I want to take my kids to beaches, gardens, the farm, malls everywhere.
- Single
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- Nov 07, 2020
The option to freeze one's eggs is just about the most empowering choice a single woman who knows she wants to be a mother can make.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother's Day is a bittersweet day for many of us. We all have mothers, but some of us have lost them.
- Persistence
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- Nov 07, 2020