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My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful region you'll ever see in Europe and the home of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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My mother and father are big musical heroes of mine. I think it was because it was the first memories that I… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of thought were not scared from the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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Man begins life helpless. The babe is in paroxysms of fear the moment its nurse leaves it alone, and it comes so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to… — Ernest Jones Copy Share Image
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Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every man who is not for us in this prolonged struggle for liberty is responsible for the present degradation of the mothers… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
My mother was a Muslim and dad a Hindu. I got the best upbringing that anyone could. Never did I see any… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
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