Quote by Hugh Leonard
My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in th

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. – Hugh Leonard

Other quotes by Hugh Leonard

I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying theres nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. Theres a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of. – Hugh Leonard

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Change
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My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. – Hugh Leonard

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Life
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My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play. – Hugh Leonard

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Death
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Family
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My mothers love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. – Michelle Obama

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Family

Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is founded in Judeo-Christian values that promotes individualism, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to family, charity. – Jim DeMint

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Family

I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I dont know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh. – Jenny McCarthy

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Family

I think its been a little difficult at times for the audience, because theyve told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex… I think they are pretty used to it now. – Janet Jackson

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Family

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. – William Butler Yeats

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Dreams

Ive never had my brows done – I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, thats how I learned. – Emmy Rossum

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mom

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them. – Terence Stamp

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positive

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Fear