Erma Bombeck Quotes
No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.
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I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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When you get a job on 'The Walking Dead' you imagine you're going to be running through the woods with a lot of weaponry shouting, 'Look out!'
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My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.
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I found myself in the doldrums in the early Nineties. I was too old to play the dolly bird any longer and I looked too young to play a woman of my real age. No one ever saw me as the aunt, mother or grandmother.
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I'd like my epitaph to read 'Given the amount of time she had, she did the best job she could.' Also that I'm a nice person... and a good mother.
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I never dress up too much on holiday, but I do spend money on good sandals from labels like Aquazzura.
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Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism.
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My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.
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When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
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It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.
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We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything.
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It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.
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I panic when we're on tour and feel the world can leave you behind. When we finish touring, I feel like I'm running to catch up and find out what's been happening.
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I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.
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When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some holiday project and I would lose interest. I think my parents thought the same thing, and they were surprised when I kept going. I'm not sure I thought I would keep going, but then it became a big part of my life.
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My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.
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I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
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Turns out, there's not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet.
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It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.
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I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.
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I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid.
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No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.
