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Mae West

"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

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Amber Hurdle

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

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"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?"

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Amber Hurdle

"She was a genius, my mother."

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Amber Hurdle

"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."

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Amber Hurdle

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

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Amber Hurdle

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

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Amber Hurdle

"My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles."

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Amber Hurdle

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

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Amber Hurdle

"My mother taught me to read."

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Amber Hurdle

"If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me."

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