Mum Quotes - Page 20

• 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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• Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

  Frank Bruno

  Thinking, Years, Three

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• I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.

  Jennifer Ellison

  Clever, Dad, Little Sister

  "My CV: Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. November 10, 2005.

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• When I was 13, I remember crying on my mum's shoulder when my first girlfriend dumped me via MSN Messenger. That was cold.

  Conor Maynard

  Girlfriend, Messengers, Firsts

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

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• Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.

  James Nesbitt

  Dad, Home, Parent

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

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• I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.

  Rory McIlroy

  Dad, Home, Looks

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• I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

  Louis Tomlinson

  Girlfriend, Crazy, Driven

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• I'm just like any other regular mum; cooking, cleaning, wiping butts, picking up after kids, being a wife and helping the kids with their homework. Mind you, I'm terrible at maths. I can't even do my six-year-old's maths homework with her.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Kids, Math, Years

  "Rihanna, David Cameron, Chloe Green: stop pretending you're one of us" by Sarfraz Manzoor, www.theguardian.com. December 26, 2011.

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• I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Dad, Thinking, Shopping

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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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• Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  House, Rubbish, Sometimes

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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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• Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.

  Banksy

  Art, Wall, Lying

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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'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

  Diane Abbott

  Children, Wall, West

  "Diane Abbott: I sent my son to private school so he wouldn't end up in a gang". www.mirror.co.uk. June 21, 2010.

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• My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!

  Agyness Deyn

  Dresses, Matching, My Sister

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

  Daisy Donovan

  Children, Clever, Not Good Enough

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• 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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• When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.

  Arthur Darvill

  Theatre, World, Puppets

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

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• Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.

  Eleanor Clift

  Worry, Secret, Enough

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• I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!

  Olivia Colman

  Patient, Turns

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• I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

  Jet Li

  Teacher, Daddy, Want

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• I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

  Jane Asher

  Cookery

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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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