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“My mother says: 'People who suffer from anxiety are usually those with the most vivid imaginations.”

Imagination Anxiety Sara Baume A Line Made By Walking

Source: A Line Made By Walking

“My mother says that groups like the Sons of Confederate Veterans will soon become extinct, that their members are all old and dying out, but when I look up this chapter online I see young white men--college age or even younger--in the photos. They all look to be the same type of white: blondish, sweaty, pink. White is a sickness that is passed on and on.”

Race Racism Sickness Whites Racists Confederates

Author:Laura van den Berg

Source: State of Paradise

“My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one.”

Thinking Trying Bigs Pain Beautiful Mother Imagine Flower Red Rose Lovely Bunch Necklaces Red Rose

Author:Francesca Lia Block

“My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come into your life at just the right time.”

Book Matter Moments Mother Particular Right Time

Author:Julie Schumacher

“My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.”

People Giving Heart Mean Sometimes Reason Moments Mother Hurt Cases Husband Mouths Blame Unhappy Relief Unhappiness It Hurts Scratches Claws Meanness Hurting Inside

Author:Laura Moriarty

“My mother says to me, when I'm making a new movie, she says, "Oh, is Steve Buscemi in it?" I'd say, "Yeah." And she, "Oh, then it's going to be a good one." I swear to God, she says that every time. And when I say Steve's not in it, she says, "Oh."”

Mother Yeah Swear Swear To God

Author:Adam Sandler

“My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.”

Music Bullying Family Relationships Bullies Sibling Relationships Viola Girls Who Bully

Author:Karen Mueller Coombs

“My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain. In the movies there is always one with red lips who is beautiful and cruel. She is the one who drives the men crazy and laughs them all away. Her power is her own. She will not give it away. I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am the one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate.”

Power Growing Up Feminism Gender

Author:S. Cisneros

“My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain. In the movies there is always one with red lips who is beautiful and cruel. She is the one who drives the men crazy and laughs them all the away. He power is her own. She will not give it away. I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am the one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate.”

Power Growing Up Feminism Gender

Author:S. Cisneros

“my mother sensed a war in her womb, and so she raised me to fight.”

Women Womens Strength Women Warriors

Author:hafsa atique birth of a daughter

“My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didnt think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?”

Thinking Should Littles Age Mother Born Boys Comedy Four Imagine Brother Window My Brother Imagine That Psychiatrist Little Boys

Author:Andy Kaufman

“My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.”

Years Mother Water Wine

Author:Robert Mondavi

“My mother set her fork down against the checkered oilcloth. She only ever ate half of any meal set before her (The secret of my success, she used to say, scraping the leftovers into the garbage can)...”

Diets Meals

Author:Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Source: The Ballerinas

“My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.”

Want Writing Made Mother Song Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Track Right Track Marty

Author:Bernie Taupin

“My mother shaved my head ahead of my vaccinations. She thought the buzz of the clippers concealed her almost silent sobs, and I let her believe it did. I am poor, unmarried. I didn't high school, just screwed around in the countryside for a few years working where I could, chasing girls. This means that I am expendable, a "zero soldier". Zero education, zero special skills, zero responsibilities outside of my country.”

War Soldiers

Author:Kaveh Akbar

Source: Martyr!

“My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.”

Should Has Beens Mother Class Taught Should Have Guilt Should Have Been

Author:Lorna Luft

“My mother showed me that when tin or zinc was bent it uttered a special ‘cry’. ‘It’s due to deformation of the crystal structure,’ she said, forgetting that I was five, and could not understand her - and yet her words fascinated me, made me want to know more.”

Science Childhood Chemistry

Author:Oliver Sacks

Source: Uncle Tungsten

“My mother sings One day at a time sweet Jesus, and even Daddy likes to say that, one day at a time, as if it's some strategy for living. And yet the quickest way to not live at all is to take life one day at a time.”

Life Living

Author:Marlon James

Source: A Brief History of Seven Killings

“My mother smiled. "I knew my baby wasn't like that." I looked at her. "Like what?" "Like those awful people. Those awful dead people at that hospital." She paused. "I knew you'd decide to be all right again.”

Decision Depression Mental Health Choice Stigma Hospital Mental Health Stigma

Author:Sylvia Plath

Source: the bell jar

“My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or complaint, gained him at the close of his life to Christ.”

Mother Father Christ Virtue Violence Spokes Feminine Complaints Childlike

Author:Saint Augustine

“My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God?”

Believe Mother Church Eight Grades Believe In God

Author:Anne Waldman

“My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.”

Stills Mother Wife My Wife Call Me

Author:Lee Child

“My mother still sends a cake to the office for my birthday.”

Stills Mother Office Birthday Cake My Birthday

Author:David Ulevitch

“My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income.”

Mother Sports Brother Mom Needed Lessons My Mom Income Ice My Brother Skating Ice Skating Full Time Mom

Author:Dorothy Hamill

“My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.”

Way Mother Father Influence Drama University Architecture Wit Wicked Pennsylvania Great Influence University Of Pennsylvania

Author:Donald Barthelme

“My mother supported my every artistic ambition. I don't wonder why. I'm beyond grateful. But when I think of my grandparents barely surviving the war, I feel so pampered. What an indulgence to be an artist. So this is it, this is all I can offer, to the living and to the dead.”

Art Artist Family Artists Family History

Author:Leela Corman

Source: We All Wish For Deadly Force

“My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.”

Bigs Mother Order Religious Taught Expectations Built Missionary Nurse Like Her

Author:Faye Wattleton

“My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”

Inspiration Mother Passion Wish Courage Taught Umpires

Author:Carly Fiorina

“My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.”

Mother Taught

Author:Whitney Houston

“My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.”

Knows Mother Speak Know How Taught Posture

Author:Jonathan Krohn

“My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is to never touch my eyebrows and to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day.”

Years Important Mother My Own Taught Lessons Tone Makeup Eyebrows Important Lessons

Author:Emilia Clarke

“My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep.' To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow.”

Said Age Young Mother Levels Company Taught Resources Labels Shallow Young Age Define Yourself Company You Keep

Author:Howard Schultz

“My mother taught me that family comes first. It is engraved on my heart.”

Firsts Heart Mother Taught My Heart Mma Engraved Family Comes First

Author:Cung Le

“My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.”

Happens Mother Universe Teach Taught Offers Guides Things Happen Bad Things Bad Things Happen When Bad Things Happen

Author:John Wozniak

“My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.”

Dream Mother Achieve Taught Mom Our Dreams

Author:Clay Aiken

Source: Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life

“My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.”

Lying Mother Fighting Taught Mom I Hate You

Author:Whitney Houston

“My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things that you can't do and other things you have to do, that you always have to be surrounded by love, that you have to be understanding.”

Important Able Mother Understanding Principles Taught Determined Surrounded By Love

Author:Sophia Loren

“My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.”

“My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you'll forget why.”

Ifs Way Said Mother Loses Forget Existence Mistake Watches Example Taught Calling One Day Wake Up Tricks Repeats Sunset Over You Routine Homework Sameness Monotony Same Mistakes Pms

Author:Phil Kay

“My mother taught me three things, respect, knowledge-search for knowledge, it's an eternal journey. That's like my hair-cut, the line, 360 degrees, find knowledge always. And she taught me to not be quiet, if there's something on my mind speak it. But also to listen.”

Ifs Mind Mother Three Speak Lines Cutting Journey Taught Hair Quiet Degrees Eternal Revolutionary Three Things Hair Cut Search For Knowledge

Author:Tupac Shakur

“My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.”

Mother Three Journey Taught Eternal Three Things Search For Knowledge

Author:Tupac Shakur

“My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She's been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I'm a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.”

Want Hard Whole Mother Strong Taught Brother Hard Work Basketball Whole Life My Brother Like Her

Author:Kevin Durant

“My mother taught me to be nice to everybody. And she said something before I left home. She said, 'I want you to always remember that the person you are in this world is a reflection of the job I did as a mother.'”

World Want Persons Said Home Jobs Remember Mother Left Inspiring Nice This World Taught Mom Reflection I Want You Being Nice Mothers Day Happy Mothers Day

Author:Jason Segel

“My mother taught me to believe in silver, to believe in things, but I think it's more important to believe in me.”

Thinking Believe Important Mother Taught Silver Believe In Me

Author:Elizabeth Scott

“My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.”

“My mother taught me to look each person in the eye as my equal. The thought that anyone would look me in the eye and consider me unequal fuels my will to fight the good fight.” -Shenita Etwaroo”

Love Compassion Abuse Human Rights Cruelty Shirley Shenita

Author:Shenita Etwaroo

“My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.”

Mother Work Business Taught

Author:David Geffen

“My mother taught me to never make deals with demons” “Your mother sounds very uncreative...”

Demon Vampires Urban Fantasy Magical Undead Blood Hunter Tricktster

Author:Nicholas Woode-Smith

“My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into a little terror. You should have seen us in third grade. We basically destroyed our teacher. We would let snakes loose in the classroom and explode bombs.”

Should Littles School Mother Teacher Taught Should Have Thirds Terror Destroyed Bored Bombs Grades Classroom Snakes Third Grade

Author:Steve Jobs

“My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.”

Mother Taught Mom Treats

Author:Chris Brown

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