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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."

"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."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Mother, Father, Influence, Play

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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

13

"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

13

"A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in."

"A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

Mother, Daughter, Tongue

13

"To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother."

"To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother."

Barry Humphries, Australian Entertainer

Mother, Dancing, Night, Party

13

"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

13

"My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated."

"My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Mother, Thought, First, Help

13

"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

13

"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

13

"Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth."

"Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth."

Anna Friel, English Actress

Mother, Baby, Film, Future

13

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

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

Charles Manson, American Criminal

13

"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

13

"Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous."

"Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

Mother, Action, Daughters, Habits

13

"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

13

"Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes."

"Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Mother, Blood, Fashion, Growing up

13

"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

13

"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

13

"There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video."

"There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video."

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian Comedian

13

"My mother insisted that her children read."

"My mother insisted that her children read."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Mother, Children

13

"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

13

"My mother answers all my fan mail."

"My mother answers all my fan mail."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Mother, Answers, Mail

13

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Mother, Son, Irony

13

"During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child."

"During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Mother, Grief, Nothing

13

"There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about."

"There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Mother, Father, Children, Talk

13

"My mother taught me to read."

"My mother taught me to read."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

13

"When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!"

"When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!"

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Mother, Forget, Trouble

13

"It's hard to sleep at night because I'm still wondering where my mother is."

"It's hard to sleep at night because I'm still wondering where my mother is."

Fred Savage, American Actor

Mother, Night, Sleep

13

"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

13

"The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage."

"The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

13

"But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street."

"But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street."

Mink Stole, American Actress

Mother, End, Now

13

"My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University."

"My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University."

James Cronin, American Physicist

Mother, Father, Class, University

13

"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father."

"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father."

Roger von Oech, American Author

Mother, Father, Invention, May

12

"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

12

"I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife."

"I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Mother, Financial, Childhood

12

"I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me."

"I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me."

Anne Heche, American Actress

Mother, Father, Therapy

12

"My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble!"

"My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble!"

Etta James, American Musician

Mother, Jazz, Play

12

"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

12

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

Mother, Eyes, First, Open

12

"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

12

"I had to get in touch with the source, I had to go back into my abandonment issues with my mother, I had to go into issues with my father I hadn't even looked at before."

"I had to get in touch with the source, I had to go back into my abandonment issues with my mother, I had to go into issues with my father I hadn't even looked at before."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker."

"I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker."

Les Paul, American Musician

12

"You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self."

"You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self."

Bede Griffiths, British Clergyman

Mother, Father, Wife, Children

12

"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

12

"The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex."

"The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

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