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"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

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"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

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"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."

"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

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"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."

"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

Mother, Strength, Talk

10

"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

10

"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

10

"It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else."

"It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else."

Suzanne Vega, American Musician

Mother, Wife, Discipline

10

"I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out."

"I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out."

Linda Blair, American Actress

Mother, Control, Vision, Animals

10

"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."

"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

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"My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands the fact that I am 18 and I am maturing. I guess I am not your average 18 year-old."

"My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands the fact that I am 18 and I am maturing. I guess I am not your average 18 year-old."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

Mother, Day, Fact, Production

10

"If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland."

"If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Mother, Care, Fact

10

"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

10

"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

10

"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

10

"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

9

"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

9

"My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive."

"My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

Mother, Living, Pretty, Theatre

9

"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

9

"My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York."

"My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

9

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mother, Daughter, Hair, Saying

9

"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

9

"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

9

"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."

"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."

Prince Andrew, British Royalty

Mother, Generations, Talk, Talking

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"I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him."

"I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him."

Marcia Cross, American Actress

Mother, Wife, Right

9

"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

9

"A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes."

"A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

9

"When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it."

"When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Feelings, Heart

9

"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."

"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."

Dean Henry Cole, American Educator

Mother, Devotion, Ignorance

9

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, Father, Man, Rome

9

"Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?"

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Mother, Protection, Parenting, Boundaries, Love

9

"She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother."

"She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother."

Prince Andrew, British Royalty

9

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

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

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

9

"The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before."

"The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before."

Anita Dunn, American Public Servant

Mother, People, Challenge, Choices

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"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

8

"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

8

"If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?"

"If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?"

Charles Pierce, American Entertainer

8

"You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul."

"You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"I punched my mother out once."

"I punched my mother out once."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

8

"My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing."

"My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing."

Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

Mother, Effect, Now, Play

8

"You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."

"You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

8

"Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer."

"Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Mother, Daughter, Support

8

"Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me."

"Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me."

Jill Scott, American Musician

Mother, Journey, Listening, Questions

8

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

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

Chely Wright, American Musician

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

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