My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery.
Margaret Cavendish
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A widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on ... AESOP My brothers nodded their heads in unison. All of them but me. It wasn’t okay. I didn’t want her ... JAMIE MCGUIRE She may have been only sixteen years old, but there was a new life growing inside of her. She fought... VALENCIYA LYONS Arleen’s children did not always have a home. They did not always have food. Arleen was not always... MATTHEW DESMOND [Python] was able to throw the pitches she needed to throw. We've been working with her on some thin... JOHN WALSH She has been more than a mother than me - not much, but definitely more... She's been an unsolic... CARRIE FISHER A lady called me the other day and said she was able to save $15 on her mother's prescription. She t... JEAN RAGS She had not thought it would be so easy to slip into the old roles. Cambridge had changed her fundam... IAN MCEWAN Since (the mother dog) was hungry herself, she could only feed (the puppies) a short time. So the pu... JAN SMITH I know in my mind that she went right up to heaven. I know she forgave her mother. She knows her mot... JENNIFER CZAJKA You have to decide whether or not they're going to be able to do it, to keep up with the treatment. ... DEREK JOHNSON In the naivete of their youth, they believed Fate to be a kind mistress. None of them were prepared ... MELODIE RAMONE She never quit taking care of people. That was the joy of her life. BARBARA MEDLICOTT This was a threat being carried out -- $40 million for 22 years, ... I've watched these people, payi... BILL COSBY The only explanation for these hideous actions is that she thought she was saving her children. She ... BILL SHEPPARD We talked about the fact that yes, she was going to spend a great deal of her life taking care of Ch... BONNIE MONTE She was their little mother. LUCILLE VENTRELLI She was quite pretty too in those days; indeed, perhaps she still was. But for some reason none of h... VIKRAM SETH When my father died, my mother came back from being Mrs. Birkin to being Judy Campbell. She was a st... JANE BIRKIN My mother wasn't controlling at all. She was a stabilizing force who grew up on a farm in Pennsy... CHRISTINE EBERSOLE Pat was a different person. She asked about the children in the hospital, the food, their medical ca... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Think of your servants with kindness, consider their happiness and comfort, and never demand of them... JAMES ALLEN I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were tradit... GAIL COLLINS I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She mad... TRACY MORGAN Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me... RICHARD CARMONA I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for ... EDMUND WHITE You would not even know that anything had happened to them. Kaylan has mentioned her mother a couple... RICHARD HARRIMAN The only person I had any trouble with was Gloria Swanson, and her objections were completely off th... KENNETH ANGER If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wante... AUDREY MEADOWS I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL REBELLO I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL S. REBELLO What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she ... GEORGE MACDONALD My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their b... DAPHNE OZ Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them. DEYTH BANGER My mother was a phenomenal speaker. She used to amaze me. There was not a note in front of her. It w... JOAN MCGEE Any hint of recovery in industrial recovery there is a good sign, ... it was a supporting factor to ... JAMES STEEL Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when
she was a skilful mistress of her ar... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two p... NIA VARDALOS Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take ... MANOJ BHARGAVA That was a sign of respect for her. She was able to make a connection. JACKIE SPINNER My mother was a very prominent lady in New Orleans. Everybody knew my mother. If she dies here, nobo... ANNE WARD My mother's family is Christian: her father was a Baptist lay preacher, and her brother, in a le... SHEREEN EL FEKI I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of takin... MARIE OSMOND It's another sad note that he has to make the trip down by himself. The grandmother has kids to watc... DAVID RICHARD It was us not being able to handle their pressure. However you want to describe that, whether it was... MATT PAINTER My mother was in vaudeville, but after she had her children, she quit working. DEAN STOCKWELL Their subscriber acquisition cost was great for the quarter, and raising guidance to 6.2 million was... APRIL HORACE I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Was it an instinct towards their future life together that she was already sensing, which made her p... SANA KRASIKOV And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress ... BIBLE He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perf... ELIZABETH GASKELL These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that ... HENRY HUDSON To my mother, I will finally admit she was right 40 years ago, when she told me that anyone who talk... GWEN WILKINSON My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights o... JANET RENO Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in ... ANNE LAMOTT Mary was one who possessed power over her own spirit--rare gift, given to none but those who do some... GEORGE MACDONALD I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses... KAZUO ISHIGURO We were able to take a boat ride to her favorite place, and being able to tell her about that made h... DAN BROOKS We watched them pull her mother out of the water on the boat next to us. I was sort of holding Carol... HELEN NILES My mother was a very, very funny, outrageous, outspoken person, and she never edited me. Her whole t... TIG NOTARO She was Anna and that was it. There was not a vain bone in her body. She dressed simply, but always ... HELEN LINHART My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art. J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER She was a very devoted mother. She gave her life to her two kids. WALLDON DASILVA The steel door of the incinerator went up and the muted hum of the eternal fire became a red roaring... ARUNDHATI ROY Although my mother was her own person during their marriage, she loved and respected our father. The... BEATRICE E. MORRISON [But she was closer to her mother.] I adored my mother. She was very formal and proper, but she was ... JOAN RIVERS I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha... SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH I think women are natural caretakers, ... They take care of everybody. They take care of their husba... REESE WITHERSPOON My colleague told a family that their mother was very sick, and the son had a heart attack in her of... DAVID MULLER There is no one I have ever known who personified more the loving, caring universal mother figure. S... MARGARET JOHNSTON Good morning! The sun is up! Wake up! Time to eat," said the birds. "Good morning," Ashlynn sai... SHANNON HALE A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends. BETTY WHITE I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plent... DAMIAN LEWIS She's on the stairs, ma'am, getting her breath,' said the young servant, who had not been long up fr... MARCEL PROUST There was a clink of glass slippers against the wood floor, and then her mother appeared in the door... SHANNON HALE For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She kn... MARGUERITE DURAS For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She kn... ATHENAEUS The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;
... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) Her mother made her go because her brother, who was stationed in Paris, always complained that there... DARYL NEWCOMB I don't want any promises, I won't have false hopes, I won't be romantic about myself. I can't live ... KATHERINE ANNE PORTER Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled wit... PHILIPPA GREGORY We were told on Wednesday (March 1) in the late morning. The prognosis for her recovery was not good... EDWARD RHINE My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop... ROBERT DE NIRO For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you... LEBRON JAMES It was a great experience. We were able to do more for her in a day than she was able to do in two w... DEON SANTISTEVEN The one thing I always knew about my mother was that she always loved me, ... And I give her tremend... EARTHA KITT The property manager, he said their main concern was taking care of their residents. I feel they're ... DARRON SALZER My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn�... CHARLAINE HARRIS She would not have done that to my mother. She and my mom were very close. She would have never left... ANITA GATTIS Somewhere deep inside me was the will and determination not only to live, but to be a more present m... ALANA STEWART Thus weary of the world, away she hies, And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It was really shocking. I remember at the funeral, everyone was walking around shocked, but Sean and... RICK BROWN
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MARGARET VALOIS Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is t... MARGARET MEAD I've been married three times -- and each time I married the right person. MARGARET MEAD The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilizati... MARGARET MEAD Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories,... MARGARET ATWOOD Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children. MARGARET MEAD You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. MARGARET THATCHER I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. MARGARET MEAD Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. MARGARET MEAD Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's ... MARGARET MEAD Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. MARGARET MEAD Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. MARGARET MEAD If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any ... MARGARET MEAD We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. MARGARET MEAD If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting
values, we must recognize the whole gamu... MARGARET MEAD Is it eradicating evil? Or are we like children, left alone in the house at night, who light candle ... MARGARET WEIS If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher. MARGARET THATCHER The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied t... MARGARET THATCHER It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marchin... MARGARET THATCHER In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. MARGARET THATCHER Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. MARGARET THATCHER Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and pla... MARGARET MITCHELL Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doi... MARGARET THATCHER Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own ... MARGARET MITCHELL Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells ... MARGARET ATWOOD Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. MARGARET ATWOOD Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it i... MARGARET MEAD Longed for him. Got him. Shit. MARGARET ATWOOD Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. MARGARET MEAD If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you ... MARGARET ATWOOD But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind eve... MARGARET ATWOOD I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed an... MARGARET ATWOOD I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until yo... MARGARET ATWOOD Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. MARGARET THATCHER If i thought this would never happen again I would die. But this is wrong, nobody dies from lac... MARGARET ATWOOD Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. MARGARET MITCHELL Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic... MARGARET ATWOOD That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even an... MARGARET ATWOOD There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet a... MARGARET ATWOOD Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the boar... MARGARET STOHL We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of pr... MARGARET ATWOOD But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it... MARGARET ATWOOD Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Wat... MARGARET ATWOOD The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradual... MARGARET MITCHELL Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting ... MARGARET MEAD To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. MARGARET OLIPHANT The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observ... MARGARET OLIPHANT Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetual... MARGARET FULLER One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. MARGARET THATCHER For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elder... MARGARET MEAD Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they g... MARGARET HALSEY People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My messa... MARGARET THATCHER I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. MARGARET THATCHER Nature provides exceptions to every rule. MARGARET FULLER The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it. MARGARET DRABBLE The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly... MARGARET MITCHELL I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end. MARGARET THATCHER Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and auto... MARGARET MEAD Our humility rest upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinite... MARGARET MEAD