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I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. -- Helen Mirren
Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence. -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now. -- Holland Taylor
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy -- Leo Tolstoy
If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip. -- Nancy Friday
I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow. -- Agnetha Faltskog
The maternal impulse in animals to protect their young - that kind of instinct and subsequent violence is quite beautiful. Mythic even. -- Lidia Yuknavitch
Anyone who's ever had the misfortune of seeing me interact with house pets knows I have a wickedly strong paternal instinct bordering on the maternal. -- Jim Goad

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