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I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.
It is quite hard to be a working mother. At the same time, it is hugely rewarding. I have learnt to appreciate working mothers everywhere because millions of women are doing that, including my maid.
I am very comfortable doing Bengali films because it's my mother tongue, which enables me to emote well, and my home is there too.
My mother, oddly enough, really wanted to pursue a career in law, but at the time, she had children and was working as a teacher.
I have never done anything in my life that my mother would not have approved of or been proud of.
My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In fact, I believe I accepted the Oscar as a ketchup bottle many a time in front of my mother in the kitchen. 'I'd like to thank the Academy,' I said with a ketchup bottle.
The only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother was ill.
When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
I'm a black man who grew up in America. I'm a father of four children. They don't all have the same mother. I own a business.
I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.
My Aunt Lori is my mother's sister and has always been a mother figure to me. She is smart, driven, successful, and kind.
Since birth, my mother made the decision at age 16 to pretend she never had me. She has never spoken to me. Even if present in the same room with other people and family, she pretends that I simply don't exist. She pretends I'm invisible.
My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.
I'm more of a realist when it comes to life, and I'd much rather my mother be in a spiritual place in Heaven than in a bed, sick, fighting for her life.
My mother and father didn't treat my brothers and sisters the same, so to treat 12 players exactly the same, that's a great accomplishment.
I always felt like my value was much more in my intellect than it was in my appearance, and so that's what I spent time cultivating. And some of that I get from my mother, some of that comes from the schools that I went to, and some of that comes from probably insecurity.
My husband is in politics and my kids are already a campaign organ for him and I really love being their mother.
I'll be the best person and mother, everything I can be.
How families interact is not some abstract concept of mother, son, father, daughter; it has to do with economic circumstances, the work they do, the time they can spend with each other.
When I decide to become a mother I will just be that. That will be really important to me.
Both my parents are Nigerian, but my mother worked internationally so when she travelled so did the kids.
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