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Mother Quotes

"And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers."

"And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers."

Sonia Braga, Brazilian Actress

Mother, Mothers, Play

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"When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too."

"When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too."

Mackenzie Astin, American Actor

Mother, Brother, Fun, Old

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"My mother taught me to read."

"My mother taught me to read."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

38

"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."

"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

38

"I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin."

"I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Mother, Father, Irish

38

"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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"There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed."

"There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed."

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Leader

Mother, Children, Country, Needs

38

"We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers."

"We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers

38

"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

37

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."

Halle Berry, American Actress

37

"As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress."

"As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress."

Kate Beckinsale, English Actress

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"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

37

"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."

"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."

Gene Kelly, American Actor

Mother, Idea, Dancing, Job

37

"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

37

"I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'"

"I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'"

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

Mother, Hell, Property

37

"My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading."

"My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

Mother, Reading, Theater

37

"We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children."

"We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children."

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

Mother, Children, Struggle

37

"I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent."

"I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

37

"My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."

"My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."

Martin Short, American Actor

Mother, Absurdity, Eccentricity

37

"I wish I had a great relationship with my mother."

"I wish I had a great relationship with my mother."

Chely Wright, American Musician

37

"The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them."

"The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

37

"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

37

"The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre."

"The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre."

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

Mother, Entertainment, Interest, Theatre

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"After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad."

"After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

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"I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world."

"I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world."

James Brown, American Musician

Mother, Son, Fight, Racism

37

"I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver."

"I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

37

"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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"On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS."

"On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Mother, December, Doctors

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"The one thing I never questioned about my mother was whether she loved me."

"The one thing I never questioned about my mother was whether she loved me."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

37

"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

36

"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."

"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Mother, Father, English, Houses

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me."

"I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me."

Curtis Jackson, American Musician

36

"My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing."

"My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing."

James MacArthur, American Actor

36

"My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply."

"My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Mother, Father, Thought, Profession

36

"When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else."

"When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

36

"I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her."

"I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her."

Julie Walters, British Actress

36

"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

36

"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

36

"I am scared of becoming a mother."

"I am scared of becoming a mother."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

36

"I like cooking but I don't know much and whenever I enter the kitchen, my mother sends me out! Because whenever I try a dish from a book, it comes out bad."

"I like cooking but I don't know much and whenever I enter the kitchen, my mother sends me out! Because whenever I try a dish from a book, it comes out bad."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

Mother, Cooking, Kitchen

36

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Mother, Curiosity

36

"Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary."

"Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary."

Anna Friel, English Actress

Mother, Being, Empowerment, Feeling

36

"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

36

"My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother."

"My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

36

"Understood what the struggle was about. My mother. Couldn't read or write, but she had more sense than many a graduate from Harvard."

"Understood what the struggle was about. My mother. Couldn't read or write, but she had more sense than many a graduate from Harvard."

Al Lewis, American Actor

Mother, Sense, Struggle

35

"Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing."

"Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

35

"A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium."

"A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium."

Mary Kay Blakely, American Author

Mother, May, School

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