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"Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time."
Humor
"That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it."
Wind
"Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance."
Hope
"A woman's gifts will make room for her."
Gift
"You can best fight any existing evil from the inside."
Evil
"I did my best, and God did the rest."
God
"I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor."
Earth
"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."
Faith
"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
Desire
"We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it."
Friendship
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."
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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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"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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"We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers."
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"No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that."
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"I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive."
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"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."
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"It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all."
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"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."
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