"I'm not saying my mother didn't like me, but she kept looking for loopholes in my birth certificate."

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Source : Les Dawson (2012). “Les Dawson's Joke Book”, p.52, Michael O'Mara Books

Les Dawson

#Mother Quotes #Birth Quotes #Certificates Quotes

“I think what has been the ultimate challenge for me is being willing to be honest with myself about what works for me in terms of relationships and sexual relations. In that sense, I was pretty traditional and pretty buttoned down.”
“I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that has attracted attention.”
“My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.”
“The best ideas emerge when very different perspectives meet.”
“I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.”
“I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with a sort of fierce, awful affection.”
“Forget the past and live the present hour.”
“The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.”

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