Quotes with step-mother

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  • Billy Graham Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
    Day by Day with Billy Graham
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Mother Teresa Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ben Carson Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Anthony Powell Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
    Anthony Powell
    English novelist (1905 - 2000)
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  • Audre Lorde Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Amy Tan People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.
    Amy Tan
    American author (1952 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Josh Billings Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Malcolm X Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Malcolm X Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Marcia Wieder Practice being at home with yourself, as you step out to be with others.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • Bob Beauprez President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Samuel Smiles Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Emma Goldman Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the father's curse, mother's moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Beth Ditto Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Dan Quayle Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
    Dan Quayle
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Sade has barely made a dent on American academic consciousness. It is his violence far more than his sex which is so hard for liberals to accept. For Sade, sex is violence. Violence is the authentic spirit of mother nature.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Francesco Petrarca Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
    Francesco Petrarca
    Italian poet and writer (1304 - 1374)
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  • Bill Maris Say you have cancer - you have this broad thing we call cancer; we're going to irradiate you and pump this poisonous material into you and hope more of the bad stuff dies than the good. That is going to seem so medieval when we can fix it on a genetic level, and Foundation Medicine is the first step to diagnosing it on a genetic level.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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