I loved thinking about how the law could be used to help others, how to interpret it that way. I think that… — Catherine Cortez-Masto Copy Share Image
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If I don't make heritage visible and the strength of mother tongue important for my grandchildren, it scares me that they might… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
“Quite simply, the Count’s father had believed that while a man should attend closely to life, he should not attend too closely… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
When parents are educated about how not to involve children in their conflicts and co-parent amicably, a lot of the ill effects… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“A father from New Zealand, Harry Parke of Cambridge, told a group of fathers, "My wife and I figured that by nursing… — La Leche League International Copy Share Image
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We didn't talk about devil on the set. My mother and I didn't talk about it. Billy Friedkin and I didn't talk… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
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The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human.… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
“She had had such friends. Heaven was growing into a very wealthy place for her. Mother and father not only, and sisters,… — Pansy Copy Share Image
Our motto is 'from cradle to grave.' Unwanted babies are delivered to us through our cradle programme, where we work to find… — Abdul Sattar Edhi Copy Share Image
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“Secondly, It evidences his blessedness also, as it intimates that this knowledge is above any that flesh and blood can reveal. “This… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
"The earth is so beautiful. We are beautiful also. We can allow ourselves to walk mindfully, touching the earth, our wonderful mother,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[My father] did get enough money to buy mules. We didn't have tractors, but he bought mules, wagons, cultivators and some farming… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
“You off then, Da?” she asked. “Aye. Too old for all this killing.” And to prove that, her father turned and brought… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
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I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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Julius Sharpe and his wife are extremely loving parents, and because I follow them on Instagram, I always see them, you know,… — Will Sasso Copy Share Image
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Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent Persons, who are… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
There is my father whispering in my ear, Be still still still. And yet you change everything. What was the marsh like,… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Right about here will do,” I decided. I cast a magelight to illuminate the place. The first faint glow of dawn was… — Terry Mancour Copy Share Image
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The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“What a dolt my father sends me for weaponry,” Paul intoned. “This doltish Gurney Halleck has forgotten the first lesson for a… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image