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"I have quite a lot of fans in Holland because that is where my mother is from, in fact I have a fan club there, and the fans don't always get the chance to see us drive the cars because getting to races across Europe isn't always possible for them."

"I have quite a lot of fans in Holland because that is where my mother is from, in fact I have a fan club there, and the fans don't always get the chance to see us drive the cars because getting to races across Europe isn't always possible for them."

Nelson Piquet, Brazilian Celebrity

Mother, Chance, Europe, Fact

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"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."

"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

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"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang."

"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Mother, Opera, Singing

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"My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it."

"My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

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"My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill."

"My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill."

Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist

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"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Mother, Songs, Writing

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"She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person."

"She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Mother, Sister, Friend, Want

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"When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son."

"When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Mother, Son, Eyes

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"My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself."

"My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself."

Etta James, American Musician

Mother, Thought

21

"My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend."

"My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor."

"I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Mother, English, Language

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"My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats."

"My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

Mother, Father, Name

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"Terri and her mother arrived. She was obviously a dedicated stage mother because she was loaded down with camera equipment, looking like a Japanese tourist."

"Terri and her mother arrived. She was obviously a dedicated stage mother because she was loaded down with camera equipment, looking like a Japanese tourist."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

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"With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?"

"With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?"

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian Actor

Mother, Friend, Woman

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"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Mother, Jazz, Today

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"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

Sally Field, American Actress

Mother, Son, Being, College

13

"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."

"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."

Carly Simon, American Musician

13

"I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie."

"I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Mother, Day, Play

13

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her."

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

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"I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did."

"I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Mother, Hope, Flirting

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"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked."

"I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Career, Film

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"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

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"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Mother, Father, College

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"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Mother, Father, Jobs, Kids

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"I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother."

"I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother."

John Lone, American Actor

Mother, Father, People, Friend

10

"When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother."

"When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course."

"I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Mother, Devil, Faces, Saying

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"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Mother, Achievement

10

"Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits."

"Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits."

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

10

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

Penelope Keith, British Actress

Mother, Performance

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"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Film, Years

10

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

10

"My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English."

"My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

Mother, Father, Engineering, English

9

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

Karen Carpenter, American Musician

9

"I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person."

"I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

Mother, Acting, Body, Effort

9

"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

Etta James, American Musician

9

"My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S."

"My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge

Mother, Lady, Girls, Growing up

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"The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

"The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Mother, Children, Motherhood, State

9

"My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess."

"My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Mother, Father, Irish

9

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

"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

Mother, Dancing, Months

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"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Mother, Mothers

9

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

Lois Wyse, American Advertising Executive

Mother, Children, Day

9

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Mother, Care, Kitchen, Living

9

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

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

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

8

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

King George V, British Royalty

Mother, Father, Children

8

"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."

"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Mother, Father, Sister, Windows

8

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Mother, Father, Artist, Liza Minelli

8

"Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts."

"Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

8

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Mother, Father, Daughter, Being

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