![I gave my mother a matching set [of mugs] for Christmas, and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they would make the perfect pet bowls. The mugs were set on the kitchen floor and remained there until the cat chipped a tooth and went on a hunger strike.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-gave-my-mother-a-matching-set-of-mugs-for-christmas-and-she-accepted-them-as.jpg)
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Her mother called me, and I think she was perhaps a little apprehensive about my reaction. But I was very positive. I was only too pleased. John Nicks
mother treat
We treat callers as if they were our own mother or a relative.
mother religious childhood
My parents were lenient. My mother believed God was another word for nature. I took up Satanism not out of desperation, but out of logic. I rebelled, not but because of a religious or repressive childhood. I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion. Anton LaVey
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I didn't want his mother to see his blood.
mother situation
I did the same as my mother would have done me in a situation like that.
mother power talking taught
He taught me how to sing, how to belt, what my mother was talking about all those years. I had no idea I had that power in my voice. Linda Lavin
mother sadness way
A terrific sadness swept over Jerry. As if somebody had died. The way he felt standing in the cemetry that day they buried his mother. And nothing you could do about it. Robert Cormier
mother liars oasis
All I cared was that she had never lied. She was honest in a world just the opposite, and a cool oasis in my life. She was who she said she was, and everything Sophia, my mother, the pathologically manipulative liar, had never been. Rob Thurman
mother sunday church
My mother was very, very Protestant. I grew up Presbyterian, and I went to church every Sunday until I was 18. I was forced to. Rob Corddry
cat cats given loved unusual
I was also given more unusual things to do - like I become a cat in one scene! I loved that, because I have two cats at home. Emma Watson
catch feet keeping tendency
Just little things like footwork, just keeping my feet moving. I have a tendency of being flat-footed when I catch the ball. Keeping my feet moving. And that's what I've been working on.
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Jordan is just an unbelievable player. But he's not the only player they have. They all can catch the football. They're a very good football team.
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Joe is one of the most dedicated and hardest working leaders in our state's tourism industry, serving as a catalyst for strong partnerships and new ideas. The governor's recognition of not only his commitment, but his accomplishments, couldn't be more deserved.
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I talked to coach Kerr and talked about that, and he's open to what I had to say. I thought maybe that the first three plays in practice, we need to be sharp again, try to make it like that's the start of the game. I really don't know. I'm looking for ideas. We need to start faster or it's going to catch up with us if we don't. It's definitely inevitable.
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I think it's a cool idea, but it probably won't get off the ground, ... There are a million nifty high-tech ideas that just don't catch on.
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I think I realize how necessary it is to prepare for a long season. I thought last year I would be able to catch up and get myself ready to go to start the season. But I was just never as prepared as I needed to be. Ted Lilly
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He was about as good a renaissance-man catch as Sony could have hoped for.
catch head starts
He used to give us head starts and then come and catch us a lot.
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I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison. Nelson Mandela