Alicia Garza Quotes

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

I don't believe in pretending to be someone else. I'm what I actually am in real life. For instance, like any normal girl, I fight with my mother. I mean, it is just fine. In fact, I fight daily with my mother.

If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it.

A lot of times, you try and please your biological family, and you can't please them.

I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.

It is hard to tell your mother to change her life.

The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.

I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.

I don't know why my son was born conservative.

Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.

I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother.

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

It drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight - the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.

There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.

I have so many e-mails from people who are like, 'I never knew a family could be happy like this... My parents hate each other. I hate my brother. We fight all the time. I never wanted to have kids before I saw your family.'

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.

Everybody has fights with their sister.

I think families find a dynamic that works for them.

I experienced no conflict between my mother and father, which was entirely due to my mother's compassion, intelligence, and maturity.

I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.

If you can fight directly with your mother, you can save a fortune in psychiatrist's bills.

I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.