#moth

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

#atheist #combating #father #forms #his

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

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#goose #indirectly #influenced #mother #stravinsky

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

#beloved #caress #child #entirely #feed

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#go #into #making #mother #something

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#american #american flag #bible #dogs #fearlessly

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

I was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

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

#center #garment #her #immigrant #life

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

#comfort #energy #find #had #i

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

#decision #did #finally #focus #had