My Daughter Quotes - Page 7

• Tell my daughter Elizabeth -- no! Tell all my daughters, everywhere, in all the ages yet to come. Tell them how I died, and why. And tell them to remember this: the future is unwritten. Know your rights.

  Philippa Gregory

  Daughter, Rights, Age

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• I should not have loved my daughter as I did. Not in this world in which nothing lives for long. You children are flies. You are roses. You multiply and die.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Daughter, Children, Long

  Lauren DeStefano (2012). “Fever”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all. Life, living, all is Death’s.

  William Shakespeare

  Daughter, Son, Law

  William Shakespeare (1842). “The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions : with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, and a History of the Early English Stage”, p.475

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• Many folks have asked me, 'How do you do it and why have you sacrificed so much to do this work?' The answer comes easy. I look at my daughter and find hope in that she is living in a world of struggle, of social and political movement. She and the other five-year-olds will grow up in a more just, more equitable world. She motivates me.

  Lateefah Simon

  Daughter, Growing Up, Struggle

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• A word of advice, though. This won't be the last time you have to deal with something in life that throws you off your game. In future courses, as well as in the real world--such as it is--professors and employers won't always be accommodating. We all have to--what's my daughter's terminology--suck it up and deal?

  Tammara Webber

  Daughter, Real, Games

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• It's suspiciously quiet in here, and there's a Tod shaped dent in the bean bag. For the sake of both my sanity and my temper, I'm going to pretend I can't tell that you're in his lap, so could you pretend that this is still my house and you are still my daughter, and I'm within my parental rights to kick your boyfriend out after 11:00 p.m.?

  Rachel Vincent

  Daughter, Rights, House

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, 2011.

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• "Hey, do you wanna go out for..." His words melted with a sigh when he noticed Tod, but then he rallied with a smile. "Hi, Tod, I didn't realise you were here. In my daughter's bedroom. With the door closed." "Happy to be here," Tod said, and I groaned out loud.

  Rachel Vincent

  Daughter, Doors, Hey

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, 2011.

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• I said this to my daughter, if you don't practice the guitar, when you get older you wouldn't be able to play it. It's that simple. If you want to play the guitar, you put a half hour in everyday, but you have to do it.

  Woody Allen

  Daughter, Fun, Simple

  "Woody Allen Interview – Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 15, 2008.

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• There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad then; for I have heard my daughter say, she hath often dreamt of unhappiness, and waked herself with laughing.

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Daughter, Sleep

  1598 Leonato, of Beatrice. Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc.1, l.321-5.

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• Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?” Dad asked. “Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year” … “Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?” Dad asked tragically. “Wearing that? Wouldn’t you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Daughter, Dad, Nice

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy Book 1)”, p.143, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• No matter what I think about this, Leila, you're my daughter, so you are not walking down that aisle alone.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Daughter, Thinking, Matter

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• You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.

  Peter V. Brett

  Daughter, Love You, Sun

  Peter V. Brett (2015). “The Demon Cycle 3-Book Bundle: The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War”, p.1489, Del Rey

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• I'm never sad when a friend goes far away, because whichever city or country that friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn a suspicious-looking name on the map into a place where a welcome can be found. Maybe the friend will talk about you sometimes, to other friends that live around him, and then that's almost as good as being there yourself. You're in several places at once! In fact, my daughter, I would even go so far as to say that the further away your friends, and the more spread out they are the better your chances of going safely through the world.

  Helen Oyeyemi

  Daughter, Country, Cities

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• Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Daughter, Running

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• You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Daughter, Names, Gossip

  Tracy Chevalier (1999). “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, E P Dutton

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• An english baron wed to my daughter? I'll die first, I will." Johanna quit rubbing Claire's shoulder and stepped forward. "A very rich baron," she blurted out. The laird frowned at Johanna with what she thought was indignation. "Wealth is not an issue here," he muttered. "How rich?" They were married an hour later.

  Julie Garwood

  Daughter, Issues, Firsts

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• I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it's acceptable to be too thin or have an eating disorder because you're in Hollywood.

  Tori Spelling

  Positive, Daughter, Role Models

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• My daughters depend on me for a lot more than food, clothing and shelter. They depend on me as an example of how to go on.

  Katie Couric

  Inspirational, Daughter, Example

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• I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Mom, Daughter, Careers

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• ~I've never met a 2-year-old who is terrible. I'm so cool with every stage my daughter goes through. I just think she's amazing. I hope she's not looking at me thinking, Mom, are the terrible 30s coming on with you?~

  Katie Holmes

  Mom, Daughter, Parenting

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• ~I'm really clear about my priority in life - it's being a mom ... I love doing films, but I wouldn't like to do that more than I'd like to be my daughter's mother.~

  Teri Hatcher

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

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• ~[My daughter is] very artistic, but she's also a perfectionist. I feel a little bad: That's the part I see in her that's like me - and you don't want them to have that at age 5.~

  Courteney Cox

  Daughter, Parenting, Age

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• My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag out our window. Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war.

  Katha Pollitt

  Daughter, Block, War

  Katha Pollitt (2007). “Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time”, p.46, Random House

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• When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.

  Frances O'Grady

  Daughter, Mother, Expectations

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• There was a Young Person in pink, Who called out for something to drink; But they said, 'O my daughter, there's nothing but water!' Which vexed that Young Person in pink.

  Edward Lear

  Daughter, Water, Drink

  Edward Lear (1994). “Complete Nonsense”, p.98, Wordsworth Editions

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