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My Mother Quotes by Doris Lessing
- I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.
- My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.
- My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my…
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. — Diane Ackerman
- My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable. — Brigitte Bardot
- My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled. — Drew Barrymore
- My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale… — Angela Bassett
- I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother. — Kate Beckinsale
- When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way… — Halle Berry
- My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would… — Halle Berry
- My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't… — Sophie Ellis Bextor