- 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
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.
- Better Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We'd had books in my house growing up, but we had never had anything like lectures. I had never written an essay for my mother. I had never taken an exam. Because I was working a lot as a kid, I just hadn't elected to read that much.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make a home that was similar to the kind of home that my mother made. To be able to create something like that in my adopted city, New York City, one of the toughest cities on the planet, is really special.
- Cats
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I stayed in London, I probably would have gotten more work. I've never wanted to be thought of as an 'It' girl, someone who rides on the coattails of my mother.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's be honest: the label of model-daughter-of-celebrity mother is... you know, I don't want to have that label. It's not who I am. It's not my values to go off someone else's name and to be pigeonholed as that. So in a way, that has really pushed me to be more independent.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.
- Nov 07, 2020
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
- Confederation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother worked for Confederation of Indian Industry, and Aptech Computers.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020