"[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."
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"A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity."
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"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."
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"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."
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"As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."
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"Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons."
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"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't."
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"Men are what their mothers made them."
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"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."
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"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
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"Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers"
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"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."
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"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."
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"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother"
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"I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations."
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"I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere."
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"A mother who is really a mother is never free."
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"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not."
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"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind."
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"I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along."
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