Alexandre Dumas Quotes

For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only upon the condition of continually presenting herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection.

Alexandre Dumas

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Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- World
- Wisdom
- Hip Hop
I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.

Sam Raimi
- True
- Mother
- Future
My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.

Vera Wang
- Mother
- Always
- More
If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

Pankaj Mishra
- Writing
- Kind
- Wisdom
The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
- Country
- Family
- Mother
A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.

Gary Oldman
- Writing
- Kids
- Mother