“I had a mother who was very developed psychically and spiritually. She was, in a way, an opposite of my father, a complete liberal, interested in woman's liberation before it was the fashion.” WayMotherFatherFashionOppositesLiberationRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“We are told in the Pentateuch, that god, the father of us all, gave thousands of maidens, after having killed their fathers, their mothers, and their brothers, to satisfy the brutal lusts of savage men. If there be a god, I pray him to write in his book, opposite my name, that I denied this lie for him.” IfsMenWritingBookLyingMotherFatherNamesBrotherPrayingOppositesLustDeniedBrutalSavagesI PrayMaidensIf There Is A God Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.” PeopleWayStillsMotherDesireGirlBornMy OwnStepsGenerationsTaughtDaughterOppositesMiseryRaisedChineseMy DaughterBitternessUp And DownStairs Author:Amy Tan
“As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste.” WorldChildrenPersonsMotherTasteOppositesSurroundingsGlamourEpitomeTurner Author:Lee Radziwill
“What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, "Au contraire." Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.” WantMotherBlackAttentionAudienceComedyOppositesPhilosophicalIncrediblesRegionsRocketsContinuation Author:Mel Brooks