Mum Quotes - Page 8

• Killing time in the precinct, I find a copy of one of my early volumes in a dump-bin on the pavement outside the charity shop. The price is 10p. It is a signed copy. Under the signature, in my own handwriting, are the words, "To mum and dad".

  Simon Armitage

  Dad, Signatures, Handwriting

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• My mum and I are, in many ways, quite similar. We're both creative, gregarious, and energetic.

  Hugh Jackman

  Creative, Way, Gregarious

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• My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

  Tony Abbott

  Mad, Parent, Generous

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• I love money, and I love movement. I like what it has let me do for my family. I have paid off my mum and dad's mortgage, I've bought them two BMWs, they can have anything they want. I am buying a fleet of cars for myself. I have unemployed my sisters, they don't need to work, don't need to worry about a thing.

  Conor McGregor

  Dad, Bmw, Two

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• The chief attraction of the opposite sex for all of us, old and young, men and women: we need someone to save us from the sympathetic smiles in the Sunday-night cinema queue, someone who can stop us from falling down into the pit where the permanently single live with their mums and dads.

  Nick Hornby

  Sex, Dad, Fall

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.152, Penguin

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• I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Accidents

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

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• He nods. "My mum has one just the same and you have no idea how disturbing it is that it's turning me on.

  Melina Marchetta

  Ideas, No Idea, Disturbing

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• Harry!" said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. "Simply splendid to see you, old boy-" "Marvelous," said George, pushing Fred aside and seizing Harry's hand in turn. "Absolutely spiffing." Percy scowled. "That's enough, now," said Mrs. Weasley. "Mum!" said Fred as though he'd only just spotted her and seizing her hand too. "How really corking to see you-

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Hands, Funny Harry Potter

  "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 8, 1999.

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• Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.

  J. K. Rowling

  Humor, Years, Ideas

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• living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts

  Kathy Lette

  Daughter, Mother, Teenage

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• He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Dad, Humor

  "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 8, 1999.

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• My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

  Ashley Jensen

  Encouragement, Struggle, Parent

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• My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other.

  Russell Brand

  "Brand Loyalty: Russell Brand". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. May 19, 2010.

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• I went to a fancy dress party as a punk. I went through a stage of being a wannabe punk from the '70s. So, my next-door neighbours were like hardcore punks and I went to see The Vibrators and came home with a T-shirt that said "The Vibrators". My mum said: "You're not going out in that!" But I was really into it. I did soon grow out of it. But that's probably the most embarrassing story I have. I really am just quite normal.

  Georgia Groome

  Party, Home, Punk

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Barry, you're over thirty years old. You owe it to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey.

  Nick Hornby

  Dad, Years, Monkeys

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.314, Penguin

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• Harry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemort’s world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have never been seduced by the Dark Arts, never, even for a second, shown the slightest desire to become one of Voldemort’s followers!” “Of course I haven’t!” said Harry indignantly. “He killed my mum and dad!” “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” said Dumbledore loudly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Art, Dad, Dark

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• I was 13 when I first saw my mum's films. There were these boys who said to me, 'Your mum makes sexy films,' and I said, 'She doesn't.' Then I watched them and my mum makes sexy films! I'm a huge fan of my mum.

  Alice Englert

  Sexy, Boys, Fans

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• My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

  Rafe Spall

  Morning, Dad, Wake Up

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• For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.

  Emmanuel Jal

  Christian

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• I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

  Adele

  Insecure, Looks, Want

  "Adele: 'I have all the say; I have power over everything I do'". www.dailymail.co.uk. February 13, 2009.

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• My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.

  Cesc Fabregas

  Focus, Said, Wells

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• Sometimes you look back at girls you spent money on rather than send it to your mum and you realise witchcraft is real

  Robert Mugabe

  Girl, Real, Looks

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• My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

  Kevin Whately

  Independent, Mary

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• My mum is actually really wholesome.

  Georgia May Jagger

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

  Andy Murray

  Tennis, Wells, Coaches

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

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