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		The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up.
	
	  Naomi Watts Naomi Watts
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		What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
	
	  Orlando Bloom Orlando Bloom
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		I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.
	
	  Salma Hayek Salma Hayek
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		My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.
	
	  Danny K. Davis Danny K. Davis
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		I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.
	
	  Karisma Kapoor Karisma Kapoor
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		I've always said people say on a dramatic show, 'I was crying. It was so emotional when he went and grabbed that little girl from a burning building and handed her over to her mother.' In comedy, the best thing you can say is, 'I think it's funny.'
	
	  Bob Newhart Bob Newhart
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		I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
	
	  Ozwald Boateng Ozwald Boateng
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		She was obsessed with French and Swedish cinema. I also remember our mother showing us 'Gone With the Wind' very early on. She absolutely loved Vivien Leigh, so it must have been a formative experience for me, thinking, 'Oh, maybe one day I'll be like Vivien Leigh.'
	
	  Felicity Jones Felicity Jones
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		My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.
	
	  Broderick Crawford Broderick Crawford
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		As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
	
	  Ted Cruz Ted Cruz
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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 Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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		In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
	
	  Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter
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		My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.
	
	  Mary Beth Patterson Mary Beth Patterson
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		I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
	
	  Mary Wesley Mary Wesley
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		We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.
	
	  Beverly Cleary Beverly Cleary
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		My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
	
	  Katha Pollitt Katha Pollitt
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		I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air trying to be a good wife and mother, trying to be the prime-ministerial consort at home and abroad, barrister and charity worker, and sometimes one of the balls gets dropped.
	
	  Cherie Blair Cherie Blair
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		My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.
	
	  Mackenzie Phillips Mackenzie Phillips
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		Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.
	
	  Irving Stone Irving Stone
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		My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I'd wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All the local men would wolf whistle and stop and stare, but I didn't realise why at the time.
	
	  Lara Stone Lara Stone
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		My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
	
	  Laura Dern Laura Dern
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		When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
	
	  Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi