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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody around me was talented and gave everybody talent. Everybody painted. My mother had a beautiful voice. My father was a marvelous drawing-room actor.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020
I miss my mother very, very much.
- Christmas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother passed away of complications of dementia. As you get older, it really makes you realize how many people are touched by this disease.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cut 'Diamond in My Crown' in my home in Georgia, because I wanted to use an old 1848 pump organ that my mother-in-law had gotten for Emory for Christmas one year. His mother would be proud to know that pump organ was made use of.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to bore people with stories about being in rock n' roll and being a mother. Other singers do it. I can, too. I just do what I have to do. It's not that hard. It's just different.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I woke up one day and thought: 'I want to write a book about the history of my body.' I could justify talking about my mother because it was in her body that my body began.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother answers all my fan mail.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020