Walter Wangerin Quotes
I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.
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Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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In Jenny Offill's remarkable first novel, 'Last Things,' 7-year-old Grace Davitt watches her mother, Anna, descend into madness and tries to make sense of the claustrophobic world that Anna has created for her.
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I've taken great pride in not being fragile.
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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.
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I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.
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In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.
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We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the love of our pure, unselfish hearts.
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The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my mother. She used to wake me up in the middle of the night if I wasn't sleeping straight and was messing up the sheets. Now when I stay in hotels I sleep so straight they don't even think I've used the bed.
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I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.
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Becoming a mother has made all the difference in terms of learning to take more responsibility for myself and my life. Parenthood changed the way I do everything.
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It is France. I know the league well. It is my mother tongue. Inevitably, there is an attraction for me. A return? It might not be my first choice, but of course, it is not impossible.
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Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.
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How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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I'm very particular about what I want.
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I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
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I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.
