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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

6

"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

Whitney Houston, American Musician

Mother, Truth, Lie, Fight

6

"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

6

"I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy."

"I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

6

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

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

Chely Wright, American Musician

6

"Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you."

"Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you."

Jill Bennett, American Actress

Mother, End, Man

6

"I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father."

"I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father."

Carlisle Floyd, American Composer

6

"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

6

"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

6

"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

6

"Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's."

"Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

6

"She was a genius, my mother."

"She was a genius, my mother."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

6

"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

6

"I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children."

"I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Mother, Sister, Daughter, Children

6

"My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection."

"My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Mother, Perfection

6

"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

6

"I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them."

"I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Mother, Father, Grandparents

6

"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

6

"You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading."

"You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Mother, Angels, Earth, Reading

6

"Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries."

"Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

6

"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

6

"My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever."

"My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever."

Andy Partridge, British Musician

Mother, Influence, Parents

6

"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

6

"That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions."

"That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

Mother, Language

6

"My mother taught me to read."

"My mother taught me to read."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

6

"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

6

"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

6

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Shadows

6

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, People, Forget

6

"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

6

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

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

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Mother, Sickness

6

"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

6

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

Eva Green, French Actress

6

"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother."

"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother."

Gypsy Rose Lee, American Entertainer

Mother, Present

6

"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

6

"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

6

"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

6

"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."

"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Mother, Sisters

6

"I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible."

"I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible."

Ahmet Zappa, American Musician

Mother, Bed, Ritual

6

"The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable."

"The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

Mother, Father, Brother, African

6

"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

6

"I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played."

"I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Mother, First, Songs

5

"My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call."

"My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call."

Cathy Guisewite, American Cartoonist

Mother, Feelings, Eating, Kitchen

5

"Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice."

"Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Mother, Brother, Help

5

"I never turned down a mother role."

"I never turned down a mother role."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

5

"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

5

"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Mother, Girls, Growing up

5

"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

5

"I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?"

"I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?"

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

Mother, Now, Question

5

"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

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