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Mother Quotes

"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully."

"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully."

Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian Composer

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"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

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"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

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"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, Competition, Want

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"When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half."

"When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half."

Gracie Allen, American Comedian

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"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays."

"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

Mother, Community, Theatre

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"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

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"I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell."

"I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Mother, Daughter, Hell

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"I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man."

"I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

Mother, Baby, Cause, Man

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"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."

"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."

Lorna Luft, 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

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"My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania."

"My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Mother, Father, Russia

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"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer."

"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer."

John Sebastian, American Musician

Mother, Father, Writer

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"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

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"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

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"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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"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."

"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

Mother, Daughter

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York."

"My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

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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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"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

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"I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do y'all want for lunch, and as we're eating lunch, what do y'all want for dinner? It's always about the next meal."

"I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do y'all want for lunch, and as we're eating lunch, what do y'all want for dinner? It's always about the next meal."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

Mother, Eating, Memories, Saying

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"That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it."

"That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it."

Dane Cook, American Comedian

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"Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make."

"Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make."

James Gandolfini, American Actor

Mother, Father, Career

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"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name."

"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name."

Paula Poundstone, American Comedian

Mother, Bank account, Name

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"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."

"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

Mother, Father, Crisis, Film

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"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

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"I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way."

"I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way."

John Lone, American Actor

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"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Mother, Shakespeare

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"My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer."

"My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Mother, Father, Influence

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"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

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"If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland."

"If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Mother, Care, Fact

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"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Mother, Sister, Care

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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 mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before."

"Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Mother, Being, Children, Pain

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"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

Mother, Wife, HusbBlood, Children

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"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

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"When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx."

"When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx."

Cy Coleman, American Composer

Mother, Old, Years

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"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

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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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"My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother."

"My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother."

Broderick Crawford, American Actor

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"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady."

"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady."

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

Mother, Wife, First, Lady

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"Necessity, the mother of invention."

"Necessity, the mother of invention."

George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist

Mother, Invention, Necessity

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"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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"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

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"My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere."

"My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Mother, Wife, Will

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"There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do."

"There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do."

Kim Basinger, American Actress

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"One girl who stands out was this Miami stripper. She still lives with her mother and father, and they know she strips. They call her by her stripper name, Freaky Red."

"One girl who stands out was this Miami stripper. She still lives with her mother and father, and they know she strips. They call her by her stripper name, Freaky Red."

Method Man, American Musician

Mother, Father, Name

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