#mother

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 was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#close #death #difficult #father #gaping

My mother taught me how to write. ↗

— Kesha

#me #mother #taught #write

I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#friend #having #i #into #more

My mom is definitely my rock. ↗