#mother

When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#called #father #found #had #him

My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually. ↗

— Morgan Brittany

#been #born #classes #could #country

I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C. ↗

— Connie Britton

#boston #by the time #cut #down #drive

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#account #autobiography #case #come #death

Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#been #certainly #give #made #me

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#half #half hour #hour #i #know

I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests. ↗

— Lois Capps

#cannot #chemotherapy #children #denying #how

My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York. ↗

— Tom Felton

#bright lights #even #forward #her #i

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#believing #grew #like #love #many