- Dinner
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I definitely learned how to structure songs, just from listening to a lot of 1960s, 1970s pop music, although I'm sure my mother's watchful eye had a lot to do with it.
- Confide
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- Nov 07, 2020
A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.
- Expired
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner - but they had expired in June! I threw up for the next 24 hours.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically it's the core story. About a guy having an affair with the mother of the girl he falls in love with.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
- Best Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is my best friend.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I've read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was eight, nine years of age, my mother bought me a pair of green trousers - corduroy green trousers. I didn't like green, and I basically buried them underground. And my mother kept asking me, 'Where are your trousers?' I said, 'Oh, I don't know.' And from then on I stopped wearing green.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite song as a boy was definitely 'Downtown' recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording of 'Gypsy'; I played my mother's cast recordings until there was no vinyl left.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020