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My Mother Quotes (page 16)

Sue Monk Kidd quote: "My mother's life was way too heavy for me."
My mother's life was way too heavy for me. Sue Monk Kidd
Maya Angelou quote: "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but..."
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. Maya Angelou
my mother, poor fish, wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times aweek, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile! why don't you ever smile?"and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was thesaddest smile I ever saw Charles Bukowski
George R. R. Martin quote: "My mother told me that dead men don't sing"
My mother told me that dead men don't sing George R. R. Martin
My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you. Lance Armstrong
Etta James quote: "My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a..."
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. Etta James
Jodi Picoult quote: "My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and..."
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. Jodi Picoult
Donald E. Westlake quote: "My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up."
My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up. Donald E. Westlake
My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look with more than your eyes. Alice Hoffman
My mother's last word to me clanks inside me like an iron bell that someone beats at dinnertime: love, love, love, love, love. Cheryl Strayed
Meg Cabot quote: "My mother's psychologist says I have a over active anger..."
My mother's psychologist says I have a over active anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off. Meg Cabot
My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice... she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success. I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up... Arianna Huffington
My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, “All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night the hogs ate Willie, Mama died when she heard what Daddy did to Sister.’” She raised me up to be a Southern writer, but it wasn’t easy. Pat Conroy
My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way. Augusten Burroughs
Buddy Hackett quote: "My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it."
My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. Buddy Hackett

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