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"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."

"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

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"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Mother, Father, Old, Years

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"The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after."

"The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

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"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Mother, Children, Favorite

47

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

Chris Brown, American Musician

46

"I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there."

"I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

46

"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

46

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Mother, Father, Ecstasy

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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."

"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."

Prince William, British Royalty

Mother, Thought, Excitement, Fun

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"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"

"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

Mother, Father, Mail

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"There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside."

"There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Mother, Character, Day, End

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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."

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

Susan Lucci, American Actress

Mother, Father, Americans, First

46

"I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him."

"I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Mother, Relationships

46

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

46

"My mother had morning sickness after I was born."

"My mother had morning sickness after I was born."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Mother, Sickness

46

"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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"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

45

"Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before."

"Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Mother, Day, Taste, Turkeys

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"I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot."

"I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

45

"I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!"

"I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!"

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Mother, Father, Thought

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"I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet."

"I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, People, Earth, Harmony

45

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Father, Philosophy, University

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"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old

45

"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."

"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Mother, Being, Responsibility

45

"You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."

"You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

45

"I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping."

"I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

45

"I loved my mother, she's a good girl."

"I loved my mother, she's a good girl."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

45

"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

Merle Travis, American Musician

Mother, Wife, Credit

45

"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

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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."

"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."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

Mother, Father, Care, Instinct

45

"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."

"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

45

"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Mother, Man, Play, Race

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"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

44

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Mother, Babies, Cause, Fault

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"The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter."

"The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Mother, Being, Pets

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"What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad."

"What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Mother, Sister, Brother, Europe

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"If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before."

"If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before."

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

Mother, Father, Cooperation, Invention

44

"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."

"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Being, Disaster

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"This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford."

"This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Mother, Career, Man, Now

44

"There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect."

"There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Mother, People, Being, Hell

44

"Necessity, the mother of invention."

"Necessity, the mother of invention."

George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist

Mother, Invention, Necessity

44

"Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy."

"Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy."

Patsy Cline, American Musician

Mother, Wife, Driving

44

"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother."

"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother."

Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant

44

"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up."

"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

44

"Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her."

"Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her."

Judy Davis, Australian Actress

Mother, Hurt, Memories

44

"My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres."

"My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Mother, Hollywood, Stars

44

"Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother."

"Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

44

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

44

"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Mother, Sister, Thought, Light

44

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

Patty Duke, American Actress

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