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"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."
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"If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."
Woman
"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."
Mother
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."
Chance
"I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe."
Life
"Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken."
Power
"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."
Men
"Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues."
Wisdom
"We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."
Action
"I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic."
Intelligence
"A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world."
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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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