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“My mother always said you could eat off her floor; you could eat of my floor too, there's so much food down there.”

Said Mother

Author:Elayne Boosler

“My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.”

Said Mother Eating Pretzels

Author:George W. Bush

“My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.”

People Ifs Should Important Care Able Mother Rich Take Care Self Care

Author:Frances Hodgson Burnett

Source: The Secret Garden

“My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.”

Pain Mother Left Memories Gone Concepts

Author:Tea Obreht

“My mother always says that indifference is the greatest cruelty.”

Cruelty Indifference

Author:Mark T. Mustian

“My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.”

Metaphor Beautiful Imagery

Author:Cynthia Hand

Source: Radiant

“My mother always says when you fight destiny, destiny fights back. Some things, they're just written in the stars. You can try but you can never escape what's meant to be.”

Stars Written In The Stars Diverifya

Author:Aisha Saeed

Source: Written in the Stars

“My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.”

I Can Mother Stronger Determined Focused Stubborn Flexible Oaks Bamboo

Author:Sarah Lafleur

“My mother always says: "You know better, so you'll be punished. Your friends don't know better, so they won't be punished. They can go snatch chains and they'll be fine. But if you snatch chains, you'll end up in jail because you know better."”

Ifs Knows Ends Mother Fine Chains Jail

Author:Chris Rock

“My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for me like the evening star. I loved her dearly.”

Mother Stars Riches Evening Fairy Princess Possessed Limitless Radiant Fairy Princess

Author:Winston Churchill

Source: A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill

“My mother always spoke of a “flowering period” of each and every human being in which his or her true beauty comes to light – from the inside and the outside. I didn't have it in the past. I look at old photographs and think: “Darling, that hasn't been you. That has been you on the way to your own self, but still lightyears away.” Meanwhile, I am more myself than I could have been in the past.”

Life Self Discovery Prose Dahi Tamara Koch Event Horizon Within The Event Horizon

Author:Dahi Tamara Koch

Source: Within the event horizon: poetry & prose

“My mother always spoke to me in English, so it's technically my maternal language, and it became a kind of private language - I was happy that I could speak in English to my mum and the majority of people wouldn't understand it.”

People Kind Mother Speak Language Majority Spokes Mum

Author:Lou Doillon

“My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing.”

Looks Moving Next Regret

Author:Richard Branson

“My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running all the Virgin businesses-so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve.”

People Looks Running Moving Success Mother Next Energy Fun Taught Regret Amount Waste Projects Having Fun Virgins Curves Dwelling Setback Bad Experiences Learning Curve

Author:Richard Branson

“My mother always taught me that life is a constant learning experience.”

Philosophy Values Education Family Learning Teaching Experience Parenting

Author:Jessica Marie Baumgartner

Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future

“My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.”

Knows I Can Mother Strong Taught Victim Excuse Never Expect

Author:Beyonce Knowles

“My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end!”

Ends Mother Taught Clothes Trends

Author:Lela Rose

“My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.”

People Mother Opinion Taught Dad Shapes My Dad

Author:Ruben Studdard

“My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.”

People Ifs Thinking Stills Important Mother Taught Agree Important Things Conviction Taught Us

Author:Jane Goodall

“My mother always tells me that anyone who gets enjoyment from other people's misery will eventually get the greatest discomfort from his or her own miseries.”

Empathy Karma Cruelty Ethical Behaviour

Author:Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

“My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.”

Believe Sometimes Able Mother I Believe Wonder Steps Prepared Shoes Sometimes I Wonder

Author:Nate Parker

“My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.”

Thinking Looks Mother Mainstream Geek

Author:Nathan Fillion

“My mother always texts me saying 'Fighting! Do well, my handsome son!'.”

Wells Mother Fighting Son Handsome Text Me

Author:Jay Park

“My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.”

Littles Shows Mother Boys Little Boys

Author:Steve Kazee

“My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career.”

Knows Littles Faces Mother Careers Growing Up Growing Television Predicting

Author:Michael Emerson

“My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.”

Men Hard Mother Language Four Hard Work Math

Author:Marjane Satrapi

“My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."”

Said Success Mother Waiting Mom Amount Daughter Optimistic Comedian Procrastination Mother Daughter Procrastinating Postponing

Author:Judy Tenuta

“My mother always told me if I really didn't wan to do something, if I was really tired, but if I had helped someone and I really went out of my way for them but I asked nothing for it, that I should donate my energy to the souls in purgatory-meaning that to give my goodness to those who are trapped. This is purgatory/limbo. This is a very Catholic thing that very few people really understand.”

People Ifs Way Giving Should Soul Mother Energy Goodness Catholic Tired My Way Trapped Donate Purgatory Limbo

Author:Peter Steele

“My mother always told me if I rode a motorcycle with a boy, she'd kill me." ... She couldn't hear him laugh, but she felt his body shake. "She wouldn't say that if she knew me," he called back to her confidently. "I'm an excellent driver." -Clary & Jace, pg.289-”

Ifs Body Mother Felt Boys Laughing Excellent Shakes Drivers Jace Kill Me Motorcycle

Author:Cassandra Clare

“My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write life. I decided to take her up on that.”

Ifs Writing Mother Song Games Decided

Author:R. Kelly

“My mother always told me No monster lived beneath my bed, But she had failed to warn me It laid on top of it instead.”

Self Monster

Author:Erin Hanson

“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.”

Life Used Mother Lessons Including Handle Life Lesson Tails Horns Horny Railway Buffalo

Author:Lalu Prasad Yadav

“My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.”

Ifs Mother Dies Talent Fronts Television Quitting Fats Always Believe Gift From God I Quit Just Live

Author:Johnny Cash

“My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.”

Littles Matter Mother No Matter What Legacy Footprint

Author:Jan Brewer

“My mother always told me that came first. I started modeling in 11th grade and it was something that I did after school and on the weekends. School is so important and modeling should be treated as an extracurricular activity as opposed to a career until you graduate high school.”

Should Firsts Important School Mother Careers Activity High School Treated Grades Weekend Graduates Modeling After School Extracurricular Activities

Author:Tyra Banks

“My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.”

Mother Inaction

Author:Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

“My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!”

Matter Mother Late Makeup

Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones

“My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends.”

Years Persons Matter Faces Mother Hate Friendship Perfect Example I Hate Meetings Trials Hated Characteristics Dislike Good Friend Face To Face Jerry

Author:Larry Flynt

“My mother always told me that to be a girl one must be especially clever.”

Girls

Author:Marlowe Granados

Source: Happy Hour

“My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.”

Men Way Said Sometimes Mother Deals Brain Equal Best Way Smarter Mules

Author:Robert Jordan

Source: The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4

“My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when I was going to first grade. She said, "You're Bahamian and African-American on one side, and Russian-Jewish on the other. You're no more one than the other, and it's beautiful that you have all this. It makes your life all the more rich. But society will see you only as black."”

Firsts Said Beautiful Mother Sides Black Rich Taught Embrace Backgrounds African American Grades Both Sides Useful Things

Author:Lenny Kravitz

“My mother always told me, 'Don't get married. Make your own life. You don't need a man.'”

Men Needs Mother Married

Author:Sandra Bullock

“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. I'd like to think I did that.”

Ifs Thinking Has Beens Stills Done Mother Song Music Creativity Thousand Singing African American Creativeness Blues Music Gospel Music

Author:Etta James

“My mother always told me,”hide your face- people are looking at you”. I would reply,”It does not matter; I am also looking at them.”

People Life Doe Matter Faces Mother Women Work Advice Female Your Face

Author:Malala Yousafzai

Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

“My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.”

Children Different Mother Parent Enjoy Study Brother Type Lessons Six My Brother Concerts Different Types Of Music Music Lessons

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!”

Littles Mother Culture Bits Drink Little Bit British Tea Our Family British Culture

Author:Kurt Cobain

“My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.”

Used Mother Path Peaceful Warrior

Author:Donald Freed

“My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.'”

Used Mother Bananas Golden Girls

Author:Betty White

“My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.”

Wanted Mother Jazz Singers

Author:Etta James

“My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.”

Feels Wanted Mother Lost Pounds Glamorous Downsizing

Author:Etta James

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