"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

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"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

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

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

"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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"I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife."

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

"A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium."

"I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian."

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"But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table."

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