Quotes with step-mother

Quotes 521 till 540 of 573.

  • James Joyce Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • C. S. Forester When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
    The African Queen (1935)
    C. S. Forester
    English novelist (1899 - 1966)
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  • Cate Blanchett 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
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Beth Ditto When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Bonnie Bedelia When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.
    Bonnie Bedelia
    American actress (1948 - )
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  • Brunello Cucinelli When I was eight, nine years of age, my mother bought me a pair of green trousers - corduroy green trousers. I didn't like green, and I basically buried them underground. And my mother kept asking me, 'Where are your trousers?' I said, 'Oh, I don't know.' And from then on I stopped wearing green.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Beau Mirchoff When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
    Beau Mirchoff
    Canadian-American actor (1989 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bruce Schneier When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault.
    Stross, Randall (2004)
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • John Updike When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Boris Becker When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Eileen Caddy When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity o start all over again, to turn over a new page.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Edward Teller When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
    Edward Teller
    American physicist (1908 - 2003)
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  • Gayle Sayers When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.
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  • Bernie S. Siegel When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it, make a difference, and be an inspiration for generations to come. Be inspired by people like Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Christopher Reeve, Albert Schweitzer, Helen Keller, and many others.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Carl Sagan Where did God come from? If we decide this is an unanswerable question why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Bill Murray While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Henry van Dyke Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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