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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
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be a good wife, a good mother, a good person.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no drive because I wanted to become a great designer... I had two small children and a mother, and we all had to eat. That's the drive I had.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have family in Italy that my mother keeps in contact with, but I don't because I don't speak Italian.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother got me into music when I was a little kid. She used to play music, blast it, when she was cleaning the house, while I was crawling around. I just love loud music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from this meteor in purple underwear and spraining her ankle.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baby names are a big debate in my family. Like true Colombian and Puerto Rican families, everybody and their mother is putting their two cents in - everything from Jose to Francisco to Victorio to Rain has been suggested.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would go back to bed for an hour, so I was sort of babysat by television.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020