My Daughter Quotes - Page 4

• I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

  Annie Lennox

  Daughter, Mother, Thinking

  "The world has become more sexualised" by Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. March 05, 2012.

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• I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.

  Annie Lennox

  Beautiful, Daughter, Children

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• My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.

  Jet Li

  Daughter, Mother, Home

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• I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Daughter, Mother, Kids

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• I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff.

  Holly Madison

  Daughter, Mother, Real

  "Holly Madison: Boyfriend Pasquale Rotella and I Are 'Wackos,' Have Pretend Conversations With Our Baby 'All the Time'". Us Weekly Interview, www.usmagazine.com. January 26, 2013.

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• I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters.

  Martina McBride

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

  Joni Mitchell

  Daughter, Mother, Waiting

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• My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

  Kate Moss

  Daughter, Mother, Doors

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

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• I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn't define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her a intelligent, strong and responsible woman.

  Isaiah Mustafa

  Daughter, Mother, Strong

  "5 Questions with Isaiah Mustafa, Apologizes for 'Good Hair' Comments". Interview with Abiola Abrams, www.essence.com. October 3, 2011.

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• For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me... All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me... We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing; unheard and not hearing, unknown by others.

  Amy Tan

  Running, Daughter, Selfish

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• I recall an August afternoon in Chicago in 1973 when I took my daughter, then seven, to see what Georgia O’Keeffe had done with where she had been. One of the vast O’Keeffe ‘Sky Above Clouds’ canvases floated over the back stairs in the Chicago Art Institute that day, dominating what seemed to be several stories of empty light, and my daughter looked at it once, ran to the landing, and kept on looking. "Who drew it," she whispered after a while. I told her. "I need to talk to her," she said finally.

  Joan Didion

  Daughter, Art, Light

  Joan Didion (2013). “The White Album”, p.84, Zola Books

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• It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.

  Emma Thompson

  Mother, Daughter, Thinking

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• My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs.

  Emma Thompson

  Mother, Daughter, Two

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• This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls!

  Emma Thompson

  Daughter, Mother, Morning

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• In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Daughter, Mother, Cancer

  "After Suffering Loss, Iyanla Vanzant Starts Over". "Tell Me More" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. May 27, 2009.

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• I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters do everything better than I do - they're smarter, more beautiful, happier. What if they end up better at anorexia, too?

  Ayelet Waldman

  Beautiful, Daughter, Mother

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• It’s true, and I was really hideous as a preteen. Tall and gawky. I used to bump my head into everything. Still do sometimes. (Kat) You are my daughter. (Acheron) Sure I am, I can’t imagine you ever being uncoordinated. (Kat) Oh, I assure you I’ve nailed quite a few signs with my forehead. It’s a wonder ‘Exit’ isn’t permanently imprinted right between my eyes. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Daughter, Eye, Bumps

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• I'm sure that when my daughter will bring home her first boyfriend I'll? be so intimidating that he'll run away, but embarrassing as well, just to have a bit of fun.

  Robbie Williams

  Daughter, Running, Fun

  "Williams used tour DVD to 'get laid'". www.breakingnews.ie. June 18, 2013.

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• I'm trying to teach my daughter about healthy eating.

  Carnie Wilson

  Daughter, Mother, Healthy

  "Carnie Wilson: "It's Dawning On Me That My Health Has To Come First"". Interview with Jenny Schafer, www.celebritybabyscoop.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I have to be a teacher to my daughters.

  Carnie Wilson

  Daughter, Mother, Teacher

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• That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

  "Walk The Line - Reese Witherspoon interview" by Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

  Romola Garai

  Daughter, Watches, My Sister

  "Romola Garai interview: On a roll". Interview with Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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• He was talking about the sign that said 'THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.' 'All knew was that I didn't want my daughter or anybody's child to see a message that negative every time she comes into the library,' he said. 'And then I found out it was you who was responsible for it.' 'What's so negative about it?' I said. 'What could be a more negative word than "futility"?' he said. '"Ignorance,"' I said.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Daughter, Children, Ignorance

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.92, Penguin

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• One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!

  Louis L'Amour

  Daughter, Children, Writing

  Louis L'Amour (2017). “Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 1: Unfinished Manuscripts, Mysterious Stories, and Lost Notes from One of the World's Most Popular Novelists”, p.25, Bantam

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• Are you insinuatin' that my daughter is a liar?" "Oh, no, not at all. I'm saying your daughter is a liar. Surely you can appreciate the difference.

  Kami Garcia

  Daughter, Liars, Differences

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