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My Mother Quotes (page 10)

My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. Harry Connick, Jr.
My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20. Mary Wesley
Colin Hay quote: "My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs."
My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs. Colin Hay
My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could. George Weinberg
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics. Jared Harris
Margaret O'Brien quote: "My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used..."
My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used some of my pictures on magazine covers. Margaret O'Brien
My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs. Emma Thompson
My father had not even completed high school when he started as an office boy working for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and I am not sure that my mother completed high school. Douglass North
My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment. Twyla Tharp
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. Alice Walker
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked. Elizabeth Taylor
Jessica Hahn quote: "My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was..."
My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up. Jessica Hahn
My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways. Lalu Prasad Yadav
My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff. Lily Collins
Herbie Mann quote: "My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania."
My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania. Herbie Mann

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