5,322 Quotes About Mother

  • Author John Ruskin
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    Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said "it is because you were too much indulged."

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  • Author Julia Roberts
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    We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too.

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  • Author Kelly Reilly
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    I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

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  • Author Laura Riding
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    Metaphor... is, as a common feature of linguistic practice, an incidental expediency, a homely administering of first-aid by mother-wit to jams or halts in expression suddenly confronting speakers, with no respectable linguistic solution immediately in sight.

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  • Author Lela Rose
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    The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.

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  • Author Lela Rose
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    My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end!

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  • Author Lily Rabe
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    I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.

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  • Author Lily Rabe
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    One of my mother's friends said to me, 'Your ex-boyfriends didn't stand a chance with you and your mother.' And I think I probably was unfair to them because she was the first person and the last person I called about every single thing. Sorry, ex-boyfriends.

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