My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the complex relationship between a child and a mother, highlighting the emotions of yearning and trust.
Julie Andrews expresses a deep emotional connection to her mother, acknowledging both the importance of that relationship and the child's struggle to fully trust a parent. This duality captures the essence of familial bonds, where love and yearning may coexist with doubts and trust issues, offering insight into the challenges of parent-child dynamics.
In practice
In a speech about family values, to emphasize the complexities of parental relationships.
I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.
Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'
Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, βGod, wasn't it wonderful.β
I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.
If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.
My family was mostly unemployed working class.
My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.
There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication.
My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
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