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title: "18 Mother Kept Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Mother Kept quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Mother Kept sayings and thoughts."
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> [My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-king/my-mother-kept-the-house-clean-and-we-ate-good-i-didn-t-know-we-were/)

[Alan King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-king/)

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> [My mother always kept us involved in various types of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-basco/my-mother-always-kept-us-involved-in-various-types-of-art/)

[Dante Basco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-basco/)

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> [My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/my-mother-was-kept-very-busy-with-her-sewing-sometimes-she-would-have/)

[James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/)

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> [My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/my-sense-of-the-family-history-is-somewhat-sketchy-because-my-mother/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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> [I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-cleary/i-had-a-very-wise-mother-she-always-kept-books-that-were-my-grade/)

[Beverly Cleary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-cleary/)

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> [My mother kept every single thing that she ever got in her life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy-jr/my-mother-kept-every-single-thing-that-she-ever-got-in-her-life/)

[John F. Kennedy Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evander-holyfield/we-lived-in-a-real-rough-place-but-my-mother-kept-me-straight/)

[Evander Holyfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evander-holyfield/)

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> [“Baba was gone forever. My mother kept waiting for him until the day she died, just as she waited to return home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-abulhawa/baba-was-gone-forever-my-mother-kept-waiting-for-him-until-the-day/)

[Susan Abulhawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-abulhawa/)

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> [My mother has always kept the entire family together - my dad, due to his business, has always been travelling, and hence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-patel/my-mother-has-always-kept-the-entire-family-together-my-dad-due-to/)

[Karan Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-patel/)

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> [My mother kept alive the best part for my sister and me. At the same time, she's always been someone who's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clemence-poesy/my-mother-kept-alive-the-best-part-for-my-sister-and-me-at-the-same/)

[Clemence Poesy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clemence-poesy/)

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> [I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ving-rhames/i-saw-how-when-my-brother-smoked-reefer-it-made-my-mother-cry-he-was/)

[Ving Rhames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ving-rhames/)

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> [I went almost naked to see that my mother was kept decent and treated as a human being for the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fannie-lou-hamer/i-went-almost-naked-to-see-that-my-mother-was-kept-decent-and-treated/)

[Fannie Lou Hamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fannie-lou-hamer/)

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> [From the time I can remember my mother kept me in church. I think my first recollection of any place, being anywhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/from-the-time-i-can-remember-my-mother-kept-me-in-church-i-think-my/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

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> [“Then he led her to sit by him on a fallen gum trunk, smooth and white, and he leaned to whisper in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-morton/then-he-led-her-to-sit-by-him-on-a-fallen-gum-trunk-smooth-and-white/)

[Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-morton/)

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> [“Mrs. (Fanie Lou) Hamer, like her mother, also kept weapons nearby in case she needed them: 'I keep a shotgun in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-cobb-jr/mrs-fanie-lou-hamer-like-her-mother-also-kept-weapons-nearby-in-case/)

[Charles E. Cobb Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-cobb-jr/)

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> [When my daughter went to school, her last name was mine. The school insisted that her father's name be added to hers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahesh-manjrekar/when-my-daughter-went-to-school-her-last-name-was-mine-the-school/)

[Mahesh Manjrekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahesh-manjrekar/)

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> [“If mother kept a list of the reasons she confined me to the house on the hill, she'd have a length of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslye-walton/if-mother-kept-a-list-of-the-reasons-she-confined-me-to-the-house-on/)

[Leslye Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslye-walton/)

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> [My mother kept all my awards on the sideboard of her front room, and she polished them. She polished everything religiously. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/my-mother-kept-all-my-awards-on-the-sideboard-of-her-front-room-and/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

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