Quotes by Daughter [After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for mayor and he didn't consult me about running for governor. It would be nice to be asked. ... You know, I've been my mother's daughter, my father's daughter, the wife of my husband, the mother of my six children, and grandmother to my eleven grandchildren, but I have never been me. But I am now because I went away. I am a changed woman. Angela Alioto daughter mother running What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist? Angela Carter philanthropy rich daughter We have inherited a fear of memories of slavery. It is as if to remember and acknowledge slavery would amount to our being consumed by it. As a matter of fact, in the popular black imagination, it is easier for us to construct ourselves as children of Africa, as the sons and daughters of kings and queens, and thereby ignore the Middle Passage and centuries of enforced servitude in the Americas. Although some of us might indeed be the descendants of African royalty, most of us are probably descendants of their subjects, the daughters and sons of African peasants or workers. Angela Davis daughter queens kings I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.' Angela Kinsey daughter ocean mother I hope my daughter knows that in our house we can make messes and have fun and we'll laugh through it. Granted I don't want her to trash the house, but we do make a lot of messes. Angela Kinsey daughter mother fun My very sassy, older southern sister is very quick to point out that it's a luxury that my daughter gets to come to work with me. She does, and I have lunch with her every single day. My mom says I have 'high class problems.' Angela Kinsey daughter mom mother My daughter used to sit and watch Murder, She Wrote. I tried to watch with her, but I fell asleep. Angela Lansbury murder daughter watches Are we bereft of citizenship because we are mothers, wives and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no country--no interests staked in public weal--no liabilities in common peril--no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame? Angelina Grimke daughter mother country And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father. Angelina Jolie dad daughter father It breaks my heart that I don't see my daughters every day, don't get to hug them and brush their hair. Angie Harmon daughter mother heart I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do. Angie Harmon support daughter mother My daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I'm going to take that advice. Angie Stone daughter mother advice I love my country, By which I mean, I am indebted joyfully, To all the people throughout its history, Who have fought the government to make right, Where so many cunning sons and daughters, Our foremothers and forefathers, Came singing through slaughter, Came through hell and high water, So that we could stand here, And behold breathlessly the sight, How a raging river of tears, Cut a grand canyon of light... Why can't all decent men and women, Call themselves feminists? Out of respect, For those who fought for this... Ani DiFranco daughter mean country Promiscuity does not scare me as long as she is savvy and self possessed when puberty comes to call. My aim is to simply raise my daughter to be secure in her self worth and capable of happiness all on her own. Ani DiFranco daughter self-worth long I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing. Anita Baker daughter kids school The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter. Anita Diament stronger daughter mother If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter. Anita Diament daughter strong mother It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk; the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah. Anita Diament daughter mother children The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive. Anita Diament daughter alive memories I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter. Anita Hill daughter mother world «345678910111213»