- Money
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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
My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didn't always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blacks as a group will never be equal while they have this situation going on, where the vast majority of children do not have fathers in the home married to their mother, involved in their lives, investing in them, investing in the next generation.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mother has lived abroad and I've grown up hearing her talk, so probably that's where I get this accent from.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother quit her job in advertising in order to raise us and she really allowed and encouraged us to be ourselves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
While growing up, I have had women around me, be it my mother or aunt, who have individually shown me how to be strong.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020