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"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

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"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."

"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Mother, Country

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"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

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"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."

"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."

Teri Garr, American Actress

Mother, Help, Want, Will

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"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

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"My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on."

"My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Anxiety, Attention, Suicide

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"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

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"My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used some of my pictures on magazine covers."

"My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used some of my pictures on magazine covers."

Margaret O'Brien, American Actress

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"My mother was in vaudeville, but after she had her children, she quit working."

"My mother was in vaudeville, but after she had her children, she quit working."

Dean Stockwell, American Actor

Mother, Children

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"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

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"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

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"I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good."

"I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good."

Lorraine Bracco, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Being, Film

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"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

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"My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!"

"My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!"

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

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"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

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"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

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"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."

"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

Mother, Thoughts

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"I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the word hell in front of my mother."

"I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the word hell in front of my mother."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Mother, Hell, Word

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"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

Courteney Cox, American Actress

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"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

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"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

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"I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother."

"I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

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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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"I am no mother, and I won't be one."

"I am no mother, and I won't be one."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

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"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

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"My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."

"My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."

Boy George, English Musician

Mother, Father, People, Friends

31

"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

31

"No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair."

"No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair."

Margaret Turnbull, American Scientist

Mother, Father, Man

31

"The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name."

"The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

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"I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian."

"I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian."

Michelle Hunziker, Swiss Actress

Mother, Father, Language, Luck

31

"And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it."

"And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it."

Anne Heche, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Forget, Man

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"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."

"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."

Dean Henry Cole, American Educator

Mother, Devotion, Ignorance

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

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

Faith Ford, American Actress

31

"My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year."

"My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Mother, Truth, Thought, Ugly

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"I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother."

"I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother."

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

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"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

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"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

30

"Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism."

"Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism."

Jessi Colter, American Musician

30

"Hence the spiritual weariness of the conscientious mother - you're always finding out just one more vital tidbit."

"Hence the spiritual weariness of the conscientious mother - you're always finding out just one more vital tidbit."

Sonia Taitz, American Author

Mother, Spiritual

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"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

30

"When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll."

"When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Mother, Friend, Party, Play

30

"Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them."

"Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

30

"I met the guys through a friend of a friend, and their former drummer had quit. I wasn't too familiar with the Chili Peppers before that, so I joined at the end of 88' and we finished recording Mother's Milk at the end of 89', next thing I know I'm in Spin with a sock."

"I met the guys through a friend of a friend, and their former drummer had quit. I wasn't too familiar with the Chili Peppers before that, so I joined at the end of 88' and we finished recording Mother's Milk at the end of 89', next thing I know I'm in Spin with a sock."

Chad Smith, American Musician

30

"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

30

"You were my home, Mother. I had no home but you"

"You were my home, Mother. I had no home but you"

Janet Fitch, American Author

Mother, Motherhood, Home, Love, Attachment

30

"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

30

"My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra."

"My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra."

Angie Dickinson, American Actress

29

"My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one."

"My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

Mother, Children

29

"I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father."

"I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

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"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

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