1,809 Quotes About Mom


  • Author Mike Mills
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    OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.

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  • Author Mike Myers
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    Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.

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  • Author Mike Myers
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    My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.

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  • Author Natascha McElhone
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    I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood.

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  • Author Nellie McKay
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    My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

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  • Author Ottessa Moshfegh
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    I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.

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  • Author Phyllis McGinley
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    Oh, high is the price of parenthood, and daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, that youth is a plague and a trouble.

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