My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge. Bernie Taupin ancientbridgeeleven share on social
My mother's father was a doctor, and she desperately wanted to be a doctor. Ruth Reichl desperatelydoctorfather Change image and share on social
My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. Claire Denis brazilbreakfamous Change image and share on social
My mother's father was Jewish, so she was very conservative. She liked little, pretty music-orchestral-type things. Andrae Crouch conservativefatherjewish Change image and share on social
My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman. Amy Bloom beautifulblackcartwheel share on social
My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of. Kiefer Sutherland foothonestmother Change image and share on social
My mother's from Thailand, and they're very strict about girls in bikinis, but I would love to do a shoot in the floating market in Thailand. Christine Teigen bikinifloatgirl Change image and share on social
My mother's husband Harry Bloom was a writer, a novelist, a reporter, and an anti-apartheid activist. Orlando Bloom activistantiapartheid Change image and share on social
My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled. Robin Williams basicallybirthchildbirth share on social
My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty. Ellen Wilkinson commercialismextravagancefit Change image and share on social
