"She was a genius, my mother."

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"A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother."

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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."

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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

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"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

Ginger Rogers, American Actress

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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?"

Kristin Cashore, American Author

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"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Loni Anderson, American Actress

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"I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out."

Linda Blair, American Actress

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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."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

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"My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."

Martin Short, American Actor

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"Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth."

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"When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star."

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