"When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!"

Mother, Forget, Trouble

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"When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!"

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"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

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"My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing."

"Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?"

"She was a genius, my mother."

"I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers."

"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

"I wish I had a great relationship with my mother."

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"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."

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