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"I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done."

"I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done."

Billy Corgan, American Musician

Mother, Childhood, Losing

8

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Favorite, Want

8

"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

8

"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

7

"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

7

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

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

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

7

"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."

"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

7

"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

7

"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

7

"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Mother, Father, Childhood, Humanity

7

"Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?"

"Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?"

Jay Livingston, American Composer

Mother, Children, Now, Will

7

"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

7

"Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating."

"Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating."

Thora Hird, British Actress

7

"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

6

"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

6

"I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school."

"I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school."

Bonnie Hunt, American Actress

Mother, Day, School

6

"But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted."

"But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted."

Mercedes Ruehl, American Actress

Mother, Being, Example, News

6

"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

6

"I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals."

"I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals."

Beatrice Lillie, Canadian Actress

6

"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

6

"I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it."

"I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

Mother, People, Nothing

6

"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

6

"My mother and I took over abandoned buildings to sleep in."

"My mother and I took over abandoned buildings to sleep in."

Mark Webber, Australian Celebrity

5

"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

5

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Mother, Heart, First

5

"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."

"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mother, Love, Beauty

3

"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."

"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Mother, Loss, Prayer, Crime

3

"That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself."

"That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

Mother, Chaos, Family, Emotion, Contradiction

2

"Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel."

"Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

2

"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."

"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Mother, Love, Life, Lesson

1

"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."

"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mother, Blessing, Love

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