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title: "23 Mother Lived Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Mother Lived quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Mother Lived sayings and thoughts."
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> [My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-graham/my-mother-had-lived-in-london-since-i-was-little-so-she-never-got-to/)

[Lauren Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-graham/)

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> [“He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-abulhawa/he-was-over-one-hundred-years-old-mother-to-have-lived-so-long-only/)

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

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> [This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lopez/this-is-the-man-my-mother-lived-for-my-career-means-something-now/)

[Jennifer Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lopez/)

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> [“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/her-own-mother-lived-the-latter-years-of-her-life-in-the-horrible/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [I think the best thing that could happen is that I'll live to be a lot older than my mother lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-g-freedman/i-think-the-best-thing-that-could-happen-is-that-i-ll-live-to-be-a/)

[Samuel G. Freedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-g-freedman/)

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> [“My mother has lived every day of her life as if it were preparation for some kind of crisis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-gallant/my-mother-has-lived-every-day-of-her-life-as-if-it-were-preparation/)

[Mavis Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-gallant/)

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> [I used to go to the stables and fool with the mules. My mother lived in constant fear that I might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolph-valentino/i-used-to-go-to-the-stables-and-fool-with-the-mules-my-mother-lived/)

[Rudolph Valentino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolph-valentino/)

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> [My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-seymour/my-mother-lived-in-holland-and-during-world-war-ii-was-incarcerated/)

[Jane Seymour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-seymour/)

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> [My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-norris/my-mother-lived-through-the-great-depression-her-family-of-11/)

[Chuck Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-norris/)

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> [“It represented how Mother had lived: reach for the heavens, be firm, be unique, and don’t be swayed by other people’s ideas.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariko-tatsumoto/it-represented-how-mother-had-lived-reach-for-the-heavens-be-firm-be/)

[Mariko Tatsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariko-tatsumoto/)

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> [While my mother lived, I always felt to a certain degree as if I had somebody who was my superior and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/while-my-mother-lived-i-always-felt-to-a-certain-degree-as-if-i-had/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

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> [I did films with Wanda Ventham, Benedict’s mother, and we lived in the same area, in Kensington. So I’d be out with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/una-stubbs/i-did-films-with-wanda-ventham-benedict-s-mother-and-we-lived-in-the/)

[Una Stubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/una-stubbs/)

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> [In my earliest of years, my mother was a huge force in my life. She was for all intents and purposes, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/in-my-earliest-of-years-my-mother-was-a-huge-force-in-my-life-she-was/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

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> [“My mother lived alone in the ruins of the great Library, which was called Compleat, and a very passionate and dashing Library…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/my-mother-lived-alone-in-the-ruins-of-the-great-library-which-was/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [“If your mother lived your life as though it were her own-never allowing you a moment of stress or frustration, routinely sleeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-secunda/if-your-mother-lived-your-life-as-though-it-were-her-own-never/)

[Victoria Secunda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-secunda/)

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> [My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/my-benefactor-told-me-that-my-father-and-mother-had-lived-and-died/)

[Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/)

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> [My mother lived her life through movies and books - she read everything there was to read. And she read to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-weintraub/my-mother-lived-her-life-through-movies-and-books-she-read-everything/)

[Jerry Weintraub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-weintraub/)

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> [I think age, if you are healthy, I think age is largely a number. My mother lived to be 101. So I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-think-age-if-you-are-healthy-i-think-age-is-largely-a-number-my/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

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> [Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gay/do-you-think-your-mother-and-i-should-have-lived-comfortably-so-long/)

[John Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gay/)

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> [My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaclyn-smith/my-mother-lived-till-she-was-95-and-never-had-a-line-on-her-face-or-a/)

[Jaclyn Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaclyn-smith/)

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> [My mother has lived abroad and I've grown up hearing her talk, so probably that's where I get this accent from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amyra-dastur/my-mother-has-lived-abroad-and-i-ve-grown-up-hearing-her-talk-so/)

[Amyra Dastur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amyra-dastur/)

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> [My grandmother on my mother's side lived to nearly 100 years old, and she had seen Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-r-lansdale/my-grandmother-on-my-mother-s-side-lived-to-nearly-100-years-old-and/)

[Joe R. Lansdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-r-lansdale/)

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> [Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-simpson/once-upon-a-time-my-mother-lived-in-the-posh-downtown-of-homs-syria/)

[Mona Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-simpson/)

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