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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.
- Memorable
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.
- Pencil
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- Nov 07, 2020
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the stage with Diana Dors. Her parents were French.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got my first pilot license, an airplane private pilot license, in 1997 for the purpose of going to pick up my kids, who were living with their mother in Arizona, and I was in L.A. It was easier than to put them on a commercial flight. It was purely practical.
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- Nov 07, 2020