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"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

James Cagney, American Actor

10

"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

10

"Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up."

"Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

Mother, Brother, Books, Growing up

10

"I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living."

"I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Mother, Being, Living, Singing

10

"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."

"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Mother, Bed, Night, Prayer

10

"I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer."

"I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Mother, Father, Army, Career

10

"My mother answers all my fan mail."

"My mother answers all my fan mail."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Mother, Answers, Mail

10

"My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship."

"My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship."

Joseph C. Lincoln, American Author

Mother, Father, People, Sea

10

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

Victor Borge, American Musician

Mother, Father, Cure, Disease

10

"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."

"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."

Jerry Stiller, American Comedian

Mother, Father, Fighting

10

"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

Courteney Cox, American Actress

10

"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."

"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Mother, Country

10

"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

10

"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

10

"My mother loved the Bible."

"My mother loved the Bible."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

10

"I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to."

"I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

Mother, Children

9

"I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother."

"I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

9

"Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!"

George M. Cohan, American Actor

Mother, Father, Sister, Ladies

9

"I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read."

"I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read."

Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman

Mother, Brother, Taste

9

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

Mother, Brothers, Christmas

9

"The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born."

"The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born."

Elayne Boosler, American Comedian

Mother, Mothers

9

"I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue."

"I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

Mother, Truth, People, Eyes

9

"Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian."

"Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian."

Rachel Blanchard, Canadian Actress

Mother, American

9

"My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that."

"My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that."

Alan Alda, American Actor

9

"Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother."

"Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother."

Claudette Colbert, French Actress

Mother, Grandparents

9

"I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children."

"I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Mother, Father, Being, Chaos

9

"I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there."

"I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there."

Marg Helgenberger, American Actress

Mother, Thought

9

"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

9

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

Mother, Hollywood, Kids

9

"My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her."

"My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Mother, Sister, Opinions, Trouble

9

"Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful."

"Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

Mother, Being, Joy

9

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

9

"Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante."

"Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Mother, Friend, Management, Being

9

"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

9

"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

9

"Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away."

"Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

9

"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."

"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Mother, Nothing, Reading

9

"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

9

"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

9

"My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that."

"My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

9

"Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport."

"Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Mother, Pleasure

9

"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children."

"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

Mother, Children, Doctors, Parents

9

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Mother, Difficulty

9

"I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky."

"I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Mother, Now, Right

9

"It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!"

"It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!"

Fay Wray, American Actress

Mother, Daughter, Play, Reward

9

"My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping."

"My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Mother, Husbands

9

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Class, Guilt

9

"My mother insisted that her children read."

"My mother insisted that her children read."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Mother, Children

9

"Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial."

"Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial."

Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity

9

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

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