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		Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sandwich... My mother's is the best. I've tried many times to make these sandwiches on my own, but it's never the same.
	
	  Andy Roddick Andy Roddick
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		My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.
	
	  Maureen Forrester Maureen Forrester
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		I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.
	
	  Alicia Keys Alicia Keys
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		When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That's complete rubbish.
	
	  Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett
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		Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.
	
	  Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver
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		In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence.
	
	  Alexandra Fuller Alexandra Fuller
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		What one needs to know in order to appraise a man morally is not: what did his mother say or do when he was three? The proper question is: what does he say and do now?
	
	  Leonard Peikoff Leonard Peikoff
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		Monica Besra, a Bengali woman from a remote Indian village, was reportedly suffering from a malignant ovarian tumor when she went, in 1998, to a hospice founded by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. Nuns at the mission reportedly placed a medallion with Teresa's image on Besra's abdomen, and the tumor disappeared.
	
	  Charles Duhigg Charles Duhigg
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		For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opportunity to sing all around New Hampshire. And it was great when I was young, but looking back, it was also unbelievably stressful.
	
	  Jane Badler Jane Badler
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		My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.
	
	  Andrea Jung Andrea Jung
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		My dad worked at a mechanical factory for 35 years. I grew up in Union City, NJ. My mother is a social worker. My sister runs a 7-Eleven, and my brother is a detox counselor. They had no predilection for the arts. But from a very young age, I really, really loved theater.
	
	  Bobby Cannavale Bobby Cannavale
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		A romance novel focuses exclusively on two people falling in love. It can't be about a woman caring for her aging mother or something like that. It can have that element, but it has to be primarily about the male-female relationship.
	
	  Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah
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		I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy childhood. My mother was overly sensitive; my father, ascetic. I was neither. I felt as if I were living with complete strangers. I suspect that my parents felt the same way.
	
	  Lisa Lutz Lisa Lutz
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		When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when youre a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day long.
	
	  Amy Poehler Amy Poehler
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		My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering? So whenever I got happy about something, I felt the need to cut it off, and the only way to cut it off was to pray. 'Forgive me Lord.' For what, I didn't know.
	
	  Gene Wilder Gene Wilder
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		I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.
	
	  Virginia Madsen Virginia Madsen
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		I have become that mother I used to dread.
	
	  Bridget Moynahan Bridget Moynahan
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		My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.
	
	  Leonard Lauder Leonard Lauder