#moth

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. ↗

— Philip Levine

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My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. ↗

— Philip Levine

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What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center. ↗

— Al Lewis

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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there. ↗

— Damian Lewis

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When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

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My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money. ↗

— Wendy Liebman

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Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother's parents were very steeped in. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

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Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

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