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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is quite a woman. She would push me, and when I got tired of her pushing, I'd say: 'Leave me alone. Don't push so much.'
- Father Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't think I've ever loved anybody quite as much... My mother was my life, really; she was my entire world.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting frustrated, because I liked to read. My mother went to the library and got me a copy of 'The Other Side of Midnight' by Sidney Sheldon. It was my first adult book.
- Family And Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
I married a man whose Hindu father grew up in the rural north of India and whose Jewish mother grew up in the Bronx.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother told me when I left for college, 'Never forget your roots,' and I never have.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was named Lark. She decided then she would name me and she stuck to it, and here I am.
- Freckles
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jewelry and all of that. But I didn't have it. So I did bad things to get what I wanted. Going to jail never crossed my mind. I wish it had. When I was locked up, my mother didn't support me because she couldn't accept who I was and where I was.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn't believe that we were mortal.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
We started by playing girls who only married at the end of the picture. We didn't play wives. That came later. But the most dreadful thing was when a star had to play a mother. That was the beginning of her professional end.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020