Ballroom Quote by Joan Collins

My father, naturally, spoiled me when I was allowed to see him - flying to New York from Washington, alone, in those terrifying planes.…

— Lee Radziwill

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart,…

— Lisa Bonet

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was…

— Maureen Forrester

I was so lucky. I grew up with an incredibly strong grandmother, mother and sister. All three, independent, fierce, clever women who were hard…

— Tessa Virtue

My position in the family turned out to be a lucky one; I bore neither the brunt of my mother's newness to parenthood nor…

— Katharine Graham

As my own father was sick, and miserably tied to his invalid's chair, he would have been abandoned had not an old servant performed…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There were people who would complain about their jobs, and my mother would walk away from that job. I liked that a lot about…

— Faith Ringgold

My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give…

— Julian Castro

My mother married my father in 1956. She was twenty-eight, and he was thirty-one. She loved him with a fierce steadiness borne of loyalty,…

— Jill Lepore

My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences... everything was for her…

— Angelina Jolie

My mother was a woman of the '50s who had a family in the '70s while finding her political and feminist voice. She could…

— Dervla Kirwan

My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care…

— Salma Hayek