- Decorator
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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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began writing poems when I was about eight, with a heavy assist from my mother. She read me Arthur Waley's translations and Whitman and Robinson Jeffers, who have been lifelong influences on me. My father read Keats to me, and then he read more Keats while I was lying on the sofa struggling with asthma.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just decided to take some time off. I've been modeling since '93, '92, and that's a pretty long time. I'm a single mother and I chose to focus on her.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess people have this image of women being more compassionate, being the mother, being caring, but I don't know if that's true. I think it's an image we've all carried over the years. I never want to attribute certain qualities to gender.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.
- Greatest Gifts
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other, and somehow I was even more of an outcast.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you grow up and your mother or father is a doctor you talk about medicine at the dinner table. In our case we talked about politics at the dinner table.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my dad, my mother and all the people who were part of the party in Ottawa, and of different parties, working really hard for what they believed in.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020