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Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and… — Les Dawson
But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do. — Jim Hightower
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales.… — Mike Myers
For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot… — Patti Smith
When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food.… — Sylvester Stallone
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. — Billy Sunday
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. — Denzel Washington
I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a… — Ashwin Sanghi
Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not… — Mark Haddon
I can always tell when you're reading somewhere in the house,' my mother used to say. 'There's a special silence, a reading silence. — Francis Spufford
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part… — Joanne Harris
Was it pretty? Your country. . .your land?" "It was beautiful," the gunslinger said. "There were fields and forests and rivers and mists in the… — Stephen King
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood -… — Mary Chase
My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a… — Jodi Picoult
I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am… — Mark Haddon
I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them. — Aleister Crowley
...the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying. — Rohinton Mistry
My mother used to tell me when I went somewhere, "Please leave your foolishness at home." But how could I do that? It was stuck… — Naomi Shihab Nye
Tears, she said scornfully to Sansa as the woman was led from the hall. The woman's weapon, my lady mother used to call them. The… — George R. R. Martin
These wrinkles are nothing These gray hairs are nothing, This stomach which sags with old food, these bruised and swollen ankles, my darkening brain, they… — Mark Strand
My mother used to talk about passages and, once in a while, about ordeals. We all have them; we are all shaped by them. She… — Chris Bohjalian
I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that… — R.L. LaFevers
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and… — David Mitchell
Simon remembered a rhyme his mother used to recite to him, about magpies. You were supposed to count them and say: one for sorrow, two… — Cassandra Clare
My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but… — Marie Lu

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