- Body
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.
- Radio
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that's what I did.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the mother of four.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is that shock: 'Oh man, I'm an orphan.' There's also this relief: It's done; it's finished; it's over.
- Heartbreaking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course Black Lives Matter and the killing of young black boys is heartbreaking to all of us. Everyone knows I am a black mother of a black son, so there is no way I could watch what's happening and not be affected.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was proud of my Soviet country, of wearing Young Pioneer uniform, bombarded by my mother's Communist propaganda.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020