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Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. -- Tony Scott
All I want to do really is get married and be a matriarch. -- Sally Phillips
The most-honored ancestors of your matriarch besmirched the season of the orange blossom. -- Nick Bakay
I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women. -- Erykah Badu
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years. -- Lillian Smith
The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it. -- Mario Batali
When you're single, you're very independent. Very independent women raised me. We didn't have a lot of male figures as the head of our household, so I got, and took on, a lot of that strong spirit from the matriarchs in my family. -- Tichina Arnold
I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say my mom. Apart from the fact that she's my mother, she's a brilliant comedian and a force as a producer. She paved the way for women to produce and star in their own films, and to balance that with being the matriarch of our family is really inspiring. -- Kate Hudson
When you look at me you don't immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it's only in the theater that I get to do these experiments. I've been an actor about 51 years now. I've played everything from an 8-year-old black boy to a 72-year-old French matriarch, and they hardly hire you to do that on TV. -- Tyne Daly
In addition to being the most beautiful score I have ever sung, 'Piazza' gave me the opportunity to honor the matriarchs of my Southern family. -- Victoria Clark

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