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Missy Elliot

"I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father."

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"I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father."

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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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"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."

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

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"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."

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"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true."

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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 wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her."

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"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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Amber Hurdle

"My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University."

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"My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans."

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"And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that."
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