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"I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails. But I have two sisters and a mother, and we're Latin, so we gossip."

"I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails. But I have two sisters and a mother, and we're Latin, so we gossip."

Zoe Saldana, American Actor

Mother, Beer, Gossip, Sisters

11

"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

11

"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

11

"Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly."

"Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly."

Aaron Neville, American Musician

Mother, Growing up

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy."

"I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

11

"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

11

"Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied."

"Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied."

Ruby Wax, American Comedian

11

"Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country... useless... useless."

"Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country... useless... useless."

John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

Mother, Country

11

"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

11

"My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist."

"My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Mother, Father, Police, State

11

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

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

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

11

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Mother, Ability, Needs, Old

11

"For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer."

"For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

11

"I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps."

"I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps."

Les Dawson, English Comedian

11

"My mother keeps me abreast of all the hometown things."

"My mother keeps me abreast of all the hometown things."

Faith Ford, American Actress

11

"I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them."

"I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

Mother, Angels, Kisses

11

"If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me."

"If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

Mother, Father, Care, Instinct

11

"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

11

"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

11

"I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times."

"I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

Mother, Father, Deep, Prison

10

"I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry."

"I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry."

Rick James, American Musician

Mother, Father, Fact

10

"As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by "survival of the fittest.""

"As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by "survival of the fittest.""

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Mother, Brother, Past

10

"My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America."

"My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America."

Jack Bowman, English Actor

Mother, Heart, America, Medicine

10

"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

10

"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."

"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."

Lauren Graham, American Actress

Mother, Idea, Care, Ladies

10

"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

10

"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

10

"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

10

"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

10

"My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior."

"My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Behavior, Years

10

"For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country."

"For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Mother, People, Care, Community

10

"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

10

"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true."

"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true."

Louise Fletcher, American Actress

Mother, Father, Dream, Teaching

10

"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

10

"My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles."

"My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Mother, Girls, Miracles, Ugly

10

"I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities."

"I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Mother, Care, Navy

10

"It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother."

"It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother."

Charles Pierce, American Entertainer

10

"I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her."

"I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her."

Joan Sutherland, Australian Musician

10

"Mothers don't want to pinch me or put me in their purse."

"Mothers don't want to pinch me or put me in their purse."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Mother, Mothers, Want

10

"I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not."

"I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not."

Nia Long, American Actress

Mother, Respect, Will, Worry

10

"I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales."

"I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Mother, Act, Memories

10

"Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit."

"Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit."

George III, English Royalty

Mother, Americans, Country, Will

10

"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

10

"She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to."

"She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to."

Gypsy Rose Lee, American Entertainer

10

"An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons."

"An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons."

Humphrey Lyttelton, British Musician

10

"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

10

"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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