- People
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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
- Colored
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first photograph I ever experienced consciously is a picture of my mother from before she gave birth to me. Unfortunately, it's a black-and-white photograph, which means that many of the details have been lost, turning into nothing but gray shapes.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, seven years old with my mother for the first time. I don't know why my mom let me watch that. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. I couldn't go upstairs by myself. I couldn't sleep.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020