My Daughter Quotes - Page 17

• 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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• 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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• 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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• I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Mom, Mother, Daughter

  "Padma Lakshmi: I don't parent alone" By Anya Leon, www.cnn.com. November 4, 2011.

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• I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants!

  Buddy Valastro

  Daughter, Mother, Dad

  Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

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• Demons feed on death and pain madness," Valentine said. "When I kill, it is because I must. You grew up in a falsely beautiful paradise surrounded by fragile glass walls, my daughter. Your mother created the world she wanted to live in and she brought you up in it, but she never told you it was an illusion. And all the time the demons waited with their weapons of blood and terror to smash the glass and pull you free of the lie.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Daughter, Mother

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.830, Simon and Schuster

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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 daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I'm going to take that advice.

  Angie Stone

  Daughter, Mother, Advice

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• I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's life every day and getting to keep my work life alive. I'm not nominated for ten thousand everythings every minute, but I am acting and telling stories I love.

  Helen Hunt

  Daughter, Mother, Nice

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• I knew I was going to love my daughter, but I had no idea how much I would love her.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Daughter, Mother, Ideas

  "5 Questions with Suburgatory's Jeremy Sisto (Yes, We Talked Elton and Clueless!)". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. February 8, 2012.

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• I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Sports, Daughter, Mother

  "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

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• I hope my daughter knows that in our house we can make messes and have fun and we'll laugh through it. Granted I don't want her to trash the house, but we do make a lot of messes.

  Angela Kinsey

  Daughter, Mother, Fun

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• If, as I suspect, my body survives by uttering itself over and over again, then I have some questions. If [I] am one word, so are my daughters, so are all of us in strings and loops. Each life is one short word slowly uttered.

  Louise Erdrich

  Daughter, Body, Life Is

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• I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.

  Jim Cramer

  Daughter, Mother, Running

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• I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Meaningful, Daughter, Mother

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• I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

  Berkeley Breathed

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

  Interview with Michael Cavna, www.washingtonpost.com. March 12, 2011.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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 have to be a teacher to my daughters.

  Carnie Wilson

  Daughter, Mother, Teacher

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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'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 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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• One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

  Steven Spielberg

  Daughter, Mother, Horse

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