John Dickerson Quotes
Mother's Day is a welcome event in partisan times. Nearly everyone agrees that we should show mothers gratitude.John Dickerson
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
Queen Elizabeth II -
I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.
K. A. Applegate -
Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
Kate Millett -
I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
Raney Aronson-Rath -
They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.
Patricia Richardson -
I don't want to overemphasize this, but not a day goes by when I don't think about my mother and what she would think about what I just did. I often adjust my approach.
Ursula Burns
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My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
Natalie Wood -
You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
Sam Raimi -
Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
Saint Basil -
My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college.
Dana Hill -
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Washington Irving
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My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.
A. R. Rahman -
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
Walter Bagehot -
I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
G. Gordon Liddy -
My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was named Lark. She decided then she would name me and she stuck to it, and here I am.
Lark Voorhies -
I, of course, was born as if I was a movie star in my head. Even though I had nothing, in my head I was always royalty. My mother always said, 'I don't know where you came from'. I didn't have their value system. And I always lived beyond my means.
Karan Johar -
My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could, in the morning before school. Sometimes he would tell us moralistic tales about genies, magic carpets and wondrous lands. My mother is not religious - she's just English.
Bat for Lashes
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I love making movies, but I was ready to rationalize being only a mother if my career never got back on track.
Jane Greer -
My mother had a very open-minded philosophy about having children: that they should be free to develop in their own way.
Annabelle Wallis -
Orwell's '1984' convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley's 'Brave New World' suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating.
J. G. Ballard -
I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.
Matt Dillon -
I'm not that politically educated.
Johnny Flynn -
Mother's Day is a welcome event in partisan times. Nearly everyone agrees that we should show mothers gratitude.
John Dickerson