The only way my mother's beauty really affected me was that I always assumed that someday I would look like her. Then,… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
“in my campaign launch speech on Roosevelt Island, I took the opportunity to talk about my mother. When I thought about the… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“He was a baby once. He must have been sweet and clean and his mother kissed his little pink toes. Maybe when… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
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I'm actually the son of Mary Guibert. My mother was born in the Panama Canal zone and came to America when she… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“And she knew that no matter how fast she moved, she could not reach her mother quickly enough, and the doctor would… — Kathleen O'Dell Copy Share Image
I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or… — Christopher Cross Copy Share Image
The first real thing was Divine as Jackie Kennedy [in Eat Your Makeup]. His mother found the bloody Jackie Kennedy outfit in… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“My point is that you know how your mother is. She gets all these ideas in her head about how it is… — Electa Graham Copy Share Image
All children in the '50s were taught manners, they were taught to say please and thank you, they were taught not to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I got a flash of ... what it means, now, 'you can't be too rich or too thin.' How well it works,… — Elana Dykewomon Copy Share Image
If I have a fever, I take a Crocin but my wife calls a doctor, my mother calls a doctor. Similarly, investing… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I am definitely a person who supports mothers. I believe in having children. Maternity leave and all that stuff is super important… — Rachel Roy Copy Share Image
“Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
“Somebody who has stayed the same all my life, somebody who has never left me alone, I don't need to think what… — Nigar Siddiqui Copy Share Image
It is not however, adulthood itself, but parenthood that forms the glass shroud of memory. For there is an interesting quirk in… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Only compliments on my exceptional mothering skills. I’ve wondered if her tongue didn’t bleed from biting it at the many mistakes I’m… — Guideposts Copy Share Image
I don't absolve my father completely of his responsibility for what he did to us I feel compassion, maybe. He had his… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
There are a lot of kids out there that look at me as their mother, and I have my two biological children,… — Michelle Visage Copy Share Image
My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
Let's face it: There used to be something tragic about even the most beautiful forty-two-year-old woman. With half her life still ahead… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
When you feel you are alone in the crowd, When you think No one can understand you, When your love is rejected… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't believe in anything, Mother," I said. "You told Armand long ago that you believe you'll find answers in the great… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
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I love John F. Kennedy. My mother had been a worker on his campaign and adored him. I was just a kid… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
“Mom is talking to Jack. "I hear you're interested in zoo animals." I snort. There's a sentence you don't hear too often.… — Erynn Mangum Copy Share Image
My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
In art class at school we learned how to draw tanks and soldiers opening fire at [Iranian leader Ayatollah] Khomeini and his… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
Commenting on paternity establishment programs: What these millions of children want and need is not a name on a form or a… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I began photographing around 14; my mother gave me a camera, it's actually the one I still use for creating most of… — Erik Madigan Heck Copy Share Image
![“The first real thing was Divine as Jackie Kennedy [in Eat Your Makeup]. His mother found the bloody Jackie Kennedy outfit in the boot of his car and said, 'What is this?" and Divine said, "I am Jackie Kennedy!" His mother just changed the subject; she didn't know what to say.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/987/john-waters-751_bloody_the-first-real-thing-was-divine-as-jacki_1247030.jpg)
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