Phylicia Rashad Quotes

There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

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• There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

  

  Phylicia Rashad
  • She
  • Mother
  • Mistake