Mom Quotes - Page 12

• I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Mother, Father, Unhappy

  "NBC's Guthrie Chats With Sotomayor About Her Love Life in Softball Interview". Interview with Savannah Guthrie, www.newsbusters.org. January 15, 2013.

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• I want to be a cool mom.

  Tori Spelling

  Want, Cool Moms

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• And that's when I realized that there's really two ways people cry. You cry when you're sorry for yourself, and then you cry when you are really sad. The tears you cry for yourself? Those are kid tears. You're crying because you want somebody to help you or pick you up. Your mom, your dad, the old lady next door... anyone.

  Fuyumi Ono

  Sorry, Dad, Kids

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• There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.

  Tori Spelling

  Struggle, Home, Feelings

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• Sometimes I do envision just being a stay at home mom but not working isn't an option for me currently.

  Tori Spelling

  Home, Just Being, Sometimes

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• My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

  Steven Spielberg

  Running, Oil, Imagination

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• Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'

  Sylvester Stallone

  Film, My Mom, Injured

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• I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

  Patti Stanger

  Beautiful, Children, Want

  "Patti Stanger Adoption: ‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ Plans To Adopt Child". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2012.

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• It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

  Danielle Steel

  Challenges, Adults, Married

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• Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

  Gwen Stefani

  Two, Ego, Selfless

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• It's superfun being a mom, but it's hard too.

  Gwen Stefani

  Being A Mom, Hard

  "September Cover Girl: Gwen Stefani" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 7, 2012.

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• My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

  Gwen Stefani

  Brother, Creative, Leader

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• Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

  Gwen Stefani

  Thinking, Way, Feels

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• I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella. It would be totally messed up!

  Gwen Stefani

  Children, Character, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The place looks like where David Lynch would meet Beaver Cleaver's mom for secret afternoons of bondage and milkshakes.

  Richard Kadrey

  Secret, Looks, Afternoon

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Aloha from Hell (Sandman Slim, Book 3)”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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• As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

  Mindy Kaling

  Mean, Two, People

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.184, Three Rivers Press

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• He rolled his eyes. "First, my Dad's Korean and my mom was Swedish. Second, I totally suck at math. I don't like cuckoo clocks or skiing or fancy chocolate either." I sputtered a laugh. "I think that's Swiss.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Dad, Eye, Math

  Kelley Armstrong (2008). “The Summoning: Number 1 in series”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.

  Kristen Stewart

  Girl, Brother, Dad

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• My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

  Angie Stone

  My Mom, Candidates

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• Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what I can't, that's all. I just want to know.

  Richard Bach

  Mother, Son, Air

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• It comes with being sixteen," Mom said. "You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years." "So they become butterflies when they finally come out?" my little sister Christina asked. "No," Mom said. "They're still caterpillars, only now they're big fat caterpillars that smell.

  Neal Shusterman

  Teenager, Butterfly, Years

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was here”

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• What?” Simon looked alarmed. ”I‘m not really sleeping with your mom, you know. I was just trying to get your attention. Not that your mom isn’t a very attractive woman for her age.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sleep, Age, Trying

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “Sample of the CITYs”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Trying, News, World

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sunny, tell me truthfully, what are your intentions toward Talon? (Selena) What are you? His mom? I promise I’ll respect him in the morning. (Sunshine)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Morning, Sunshine, Promise

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Night Pleasures/Night Embrace”, p.664, Macmillan

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• There was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled ‘DEAD SPIDERS.’ As if I hadn’t always known it was there. As if I wouldn’t want to look at dead spiders.

  Adam Rex

  Rainy Day, Eggs, Panty Hose

  Adam Rex (2013). “The True Meaning of Smekday”, p.8, A&C Black

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