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Mother Quotes by Mona Simpson
- I grew up as an only child with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria,…
- When I was in high school in Los Angeles, my mother, who was a speech therapist, agreed to stay over the weekend with one of…
- My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for…
- Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop…
- If a mother is sitting in a chair at the office, someone needs to be at home with her child. In some cases, that is…
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
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- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
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- Looking at him now-even if she hadn't been in love with him, that part of her that was her mother's daugher, that… — Cassandra Clare
- As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down… — Benazir Bhutto