#moth

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. ↗

— Judy Blume

#actress #although #always #ballerina #becoming

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#always #control #had #her #i

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#how #i #just #kinda #knew

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#carriers #confines #culture #every #his

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#crisis #discovering #father #film #finds

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#children #daughters #every #job #make

I am truly my mother's son. ↗

— David Geffen

#am #i #i am #mother #son

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#about #ago #brash #career #century

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. ↗

— George Eliot

#began #face #life #loving #mother

I can't say I ever loved my mother; I admired her. ↗

— Humphrey Bogart

#ever #her #i #loved #mother