![We have a game we play when we’re waiting for tables in restaurants, where you have to write the five things that describe yourself on a piece of paper. When I was [in my twenties], I would have put: ambitious, Wellesley graduate, daughter, Democrat, single. Ten years later not one of those five things turned up on my list. I was: journalist, feminist, New Yorker, divorced, funny. Today not one of those five things turns up in my list: writer, director, mother, sister, happy.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-have-a-game-we-play-when-were-waiting-for-tables-in-restaurants-where-you-ha.jpg)
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daughter world ifs
I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disninterestedly, devotedly. If ever there were love in the world, I love her. Charles Dickens
daughters guest loved privacy sing
Like most people, I would sing in the privacy of my home. I'd also sing for my daughters or at a guest at somebody's function. I loved doing it. Danny Aiello
daughter remember
I will always remember the day I got old. It was the day my daughter died. Irv Slosberg
daughter real smoking
My daughter told me she wasn't afraid of spider but that she was afraid of my smoking. She said that she was afraid of my dying. So I went downstairs, picked up a pair of pliers and a blowtorch and showed her what real fear was. Robert Clarke
daughter sacrifice felons
Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.ʺ He paused. ʺI couldnʹt be prouder. Richelle Mead
daughter father conservative
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative. Rose Kennedy
daughter watches my-sister
I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about. Romola Garai
daughter lying son
The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter. William Lyon Mackenzie King
daughter children typewriters
My younger daughter told me recently that when she was a child she thought the typewriter was a toy that I went into my room and closed the door and played with. William Maxwell
mother treat
We treat callers as if they were our own mother or a relative.
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 believe men
When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can smell his breath, take his pulse and check his pupils to see if he's ingested anything nasty, or you can believe him. Richard K. Morgan
mother believe thinking
Dimitri: "I also have a feeling your mother's going to have one ugly conversation with me." Rose: "You're about to go face down Strigoi, and my mother's the one you're scared of?" Dimitri: "She's a force to be reckoned with. Where do you think you got it from?" Rose: "It's a wonder you bother with me then." Dimitri: "You're worth it, believe me.
mother feet hair
My mum is about five foot with her hair done. Without it she's about four foot 10. Ryan Kwanten
mother father parent
My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it. Roz Chast
mother kids singing
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. Ruben Blades
mother dad people
My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will. Ruben Studdard
mother daughter son
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
being-yourself love-you eye
Remember," he called. "Just be yourself, and everyone will love you!" Nick rolled his eyes and made a rude gesture, and Alan drove the car away laughing. Sarah Rees Brennan
being-yourself communication levels
If you have a built-in level of respect and trust and openness to essentially be yourself, it allows for a deeper uncensored communication [with your partner]. Richard Gere
being-yourself acceptance sacred
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty. Rick Scott
being-yourself reality views
The reality is you've got to be yourself. You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it. Rudy Giuliani
being-yourself lexicographer criminal-mind
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson
being-yourself world changing-the-world
You change the world by being yourself. Yoko Ono
being-yourself mean hair
Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself. Willow Smith
being-yourself believe people
Being yourself is what will make you survive through anything. If you make music to please someone, it's the first step in the wrong direction. Always do what you believe in, no matter what people say. Only way to go! Zedd
being-yourself want self-determination
you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself. Jodi Picoult