"Roy rocked the babies in the rocking chairs, when he was all right, " my mother said.

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"My mother said, in her infinite wisdom, that I need a project, " she said.

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"My mother said I was a little odd as a kid, " says Lauper, 59.

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But my mother said it was the best pecan pie she'd ever had.

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Example: Last Christmas my mother said she read a good book and tomorrow I will read the book she recommended.

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Back in the day my mother said to ignore the kid who taunted me when I walked to the bus stop.

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My mother said he was trouble the first time I met him.

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"He's the one who put you up for it, " my mother said.

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My mother said it was heartbreaking because they all knew what was meant to be done for her, but they could not do anything.

BBC: A woman on a trolley at a hospital in Harare

My mother said I learnt very quickly.

BBC: News

"You could go anywhere, " my mother said.

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"That's a good idea, " my mother said.

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"Answer me, " my mother said anxiously.

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"We certainly do, " my mother said.

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"God love them, " my mother said.

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"That cane was lodged very close to your brain, " my mother later said.

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"That disclaimer is automatically attached even to emails that I send to judges, to opposing counsel, and to my mother, " said Mr. Reiner, whose practice focuses in part on anticounterfeiting and intellectual property.

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"I would never support any changes to Medicare that would hurt seniors like my mother, " he said.

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"Maybe he thinks the best way to get to me is to get to the love of my life, which is my mother, " Holland said.

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"I'm so not an expert on my mother, " she said.

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"I'm going to give it to my mother, " he said.

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"Soniaji is my mother, " Priyanka said.

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Before he got into the straight and I said to my mother, 'We've won the race.

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One of my godmothers said to my mother, 'You've got to do something about this child.

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"It was the longest five hours of my life, " said mother Sarah Lawrance.

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"I said to my mother the other day, 'You know what, Mum, I could never have kids, ' " Emin continues.

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She said that my mother was careless with precious things.

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"I used to stand on the beach and I said to my mother, 'I wonder if anybody could swim over there, " Nyad recalled saying, while pointing to the Keys.

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The prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, "but this is the first time I have been here for my own mother", she said.

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"I'm the happiest when I think of how he and my mother found each other, " she said.

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