"My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn't achieve the things she wanted to."

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Source : "Natalie Merchant On Motherhood As Muse". Interview with Laura Rowley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2012.

Natalie Merchant

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Achieve Quotes

“I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover and I'm a sinner. I play my music in the sun.”
“I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”

Source : Virginia Satir (1988). “The new peoplemaking”, Science & Behavior Books
“Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been pursued and traduced [By American Newspapers]”
“Come on boys, you must listen unto me, lay off the whiskey and let that cocaine be.”
“I'm an American for marriage equality. I believe that love comes in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. So whether you're LGBT or straight, your love is valid, beautiful, and an incredible gift.”
“I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be to die, then I couldn't raise the gun to my head fast enough.”
“The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.”
“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”

Source : Enid Blyton (2013). “Enid Blyton Circus Collection 3 in 1”, p.104, Egmont UK

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