- Me
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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
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I remember just trying to navigate growing up poor in an overpoliced environment with a single mother and a father who was in and out of prison.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes, eyes that had not opened for many, many days, and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not give speeches or even many interviews. She never stood in front of a group of reporters and expounded on her views and opinions.
- Handled
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
- Even Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon when I was very young, until my mother divorced my father.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't make a decision not to be married and not to be a mother - life just turned out like that because my involvement in acting was so total.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020