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When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother.

Rodney Dangerfield

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My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. And he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. My mother was a refugee in war-torn Korea.

Jim Yong Kim

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Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Samuel Smiles

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To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam.

Giada De Laurentiis

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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Edith Wharton

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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Sophocles

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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Honore de Balzac

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The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Theodore Hesburgh

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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

Sheri L. Dew

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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.

Ram Charan

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You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

Robert Frost

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My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.

Aerin Lauder

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Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters.

Ezra Taft Benson

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My mother is a walking miracle.

Leonardo DiCaprio

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Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Benjamin Franklin

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My mother loved entertaining, and I've followed suit, so we have big celebrations for New Year, Passover, Thanksgiving and birthdays.

Joan Rivers

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I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

George H. W. Bush

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Headwise, I always kind of knew that everyone goes grey in our family very early — and I was like, it works for me. I started growing my beard, and it changes the shape of your skull and your face, and I started seeing my mother's side of the family in myself for the first time.

Douglas Coupland

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