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Hattie McDaniel

"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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"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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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

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"My mother taught me to read."

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"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

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"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

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"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."

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"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

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"One girl who stands out was this Miami stripper. She still lives with her mother and father, and they know she strips. They call her by her stripper name, Freaky Red."

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"My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that."

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"Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?"

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"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."

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