Mum Quotes - Page 15

• My mum brought me to my first job when I was 12. I started electrical work at her plant. She was an engineer, a technical expert, at one of the plants in the south, and in the summer she brought me in and I learnt how industrial things work: casting, electricity, maintenance, everything.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Summer, Jobs, Casting

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• My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Cousin, Uncles, Dad

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• In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.

  Gillian Anderson

  Jobs, Children, Dad

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• In my mum's day, you needed to be beautiful for a very short time to catch your man. It didn't start at six and go on until you're 75, right?

  Susie Orbach

  Beautiful, Men, Goes On

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• But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

  Dave Eggers

  Dad, Caring, Chaos

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• We're all doing different things and some of the girls are mums, so priorities have changed. But I would love to do something with the Spice Girls again. I know we would have an amazing time.

  Emma Bunton

  Girl, Priorities, Different

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• Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

  Tony Scott

  Matriarchs, Patriarch

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• The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Atheist, Stars, Dad

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• My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum!

  Morena Baccarin

  Mom, Criticism, Would Be

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

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• My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

  Naveen Andrews

  Decision, Language, Conscious

  "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.

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• Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have.

  Hayley Atwell

  Religious, Important, Theatre

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• My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. I didn't really like her music back then because my mum was always playing it, but I've grown to appreciate it more.

  Katy B

  Couple, Play, Appreciate

  "Katy B: Soundtrack of my life" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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• I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.

  Grant Bowler

  Dad, Self, Agents

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that made me not rebel. I have never touched a drug in my life.

  Kelly Brook

  Drug, Rebel, Watches

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

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• I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum.

  Melanie Brown

  Kids, Wife, Trying

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

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• In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

  Toni Braxton

  Hate, Love Is, Broken

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

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• I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

  Abbie Cornish

  Dad, Kids, Wales

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• My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

  Abbie Cornish

  Artist, Expression, Creative

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• I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

  Jemaine Clement

  Grandma, Raised, My Grandma

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work and you talk about what you're doing, but without having to go into how your brother's been and how your mum's been because none of that's really relevant.

  Keisha Castle-Hughes

  Brother, Good Things, Should

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

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• My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.

  Dan Auerbach

  Song, Guitar, Play

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• My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it.

  Dianna Agron

  Father, Rooms, Would Be

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• I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.

  Jane Asher

  Mother, Differences, Generations

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• I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

  Jane Asher

  Cookery

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• My mum taught me that redheads shouldn't wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right shade, such as a bright orange or a cherry red, it can look fabulous.

  Jane Asher

  Orange, Looks, Shade

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