![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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mother lying lessons
Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my life, you know? Bristol Palin
mother nice father
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write. Alexander McCall Smith
mother art class
I didn't have any qualms. I'm used to taking my clothes off in front of strangers. I've done it since I was 14 - with my mother's adult education art classes. She liked to paint and I went along as a life model. Alex Kingston
mother ice-water water-of-life
Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
mother water-of-life dancing
Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all its properties are anomolous, which enabled life to use it as building material for its machinery. Life is water dancing to the tune of solids.
mother vegetables neighbor
When my mother was raising me, she moved us upstate to the Woodstock area. Our closest neighbor was a mile away. She planted all her own vegetables. Debi Mazar
mother way management
Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.
mother daughter fun
Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one. E. L. Konigsburg
mother tired dark
Belfastas uncivilised as ever--savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired. E. M. Forster
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This is the same notion - Catholic exorcism, psychotherapy, shamanistic practices - getting to the moment when whatever it was gained access. And also to the name of the spirit. Just to know that it's the Ugly Spirit. That's a great step. Because the spirit doesn't want its name to be known. Allen Ginsberg
cat matter difficult
The naming of cats is a difficult matter T. S. Eliot
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With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.
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You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me.
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When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it until the wind changes.
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Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat." -Dess Scott Westerfeld
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There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours. Scott Adams
cat law jail
Put all the pervs in jail, bring back the birch and cat-o-nine tails. Ray Davies