#moth

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#be real #because #both #children #enough

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#face #got #grandmother #had #her

I never felt like I had a mother. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#had #i #like #mother #never

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#father #figure #five #had #hard

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook. ↗

— Erica Jong

#daughter #i #mother

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. ↗

— Erica Jong

#forebears #grandfather #living #mother #painted

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #between #criticizing #enormous #gap

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#equal #equal rights #mother #people #rights

My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#been #family #glue #holding #mother

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#brought #down #earth #hear #led