A different image,though, could be found in films like the nineteen forty-eight motion picture "I Remember Mama."

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One day,Mama and Caroline came back to the island on a boat after Carolines singing lesson.

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THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: "Mama, some days I feel different than the day before."

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She guides her family. Mama hates "going to the bank" -- she means borrowing money.

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These include "Death Becomes Her", "The Devil Wears Prada" and the musical "Mama Mia!"

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"Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away" is nominated for Song of the Year.

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SON: "Mama,mama, I'll be graduating from Valley School next month.

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Mama Hanson, played by actress Irene Dunne, had little education.

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MAMA: "Yah, is all for this week. Is good.

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It is "Dear Mama" by the late Tupac Shakur.

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Forrest! Now, when I was a baby, Mama named me afterthe great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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Our house had beenin Mama's family since her grandpa'sgrandpa's grandpa had come across the oceanabout a thousand years ago.

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which everybody knows isn't true, but Mama said it was justa little white lie, so it wasn't hurting nobody.

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Mama said the Forrest partwas to remind me that sometimes we alldo things that, well, that just don't make no sense.

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Now, my mama always told me that miracles happen every day Some people don't think so, but they do.

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and even though Bubba was dead and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.

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After that, Mama wentto the hotel to lay down, so I went out for a walkto see our nation's capital.

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This year's list marks the third time a rap or hip-hop performance has been selected,"Dear Mama" by the late Tupac Shakur.

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My back's crookedlike a question mark. Next to Mama,no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.

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My feet hurt. Mama always saidthere's an awful lot you can tell abouta person by their shoes.

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People call me Forrest Gump. So Bubba was fromBayou La Batre, Alabama, and his mama cooked shrimp.

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Her mama had goneto heaven when she was 5, and her daddy wassome kind of a farmer.

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Louise, he's here. Now, when I got home,I had no idea, but Mama had all sortsof visitors.

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My mama always said, "You got to put the pastbehind you before you can move on."

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I sure will, Mama. I remember the bus rideon the first day of school very well.

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(SINGING) My mama said I didn't knowhow to make a kitty meow (DEEP GROWL) Hello?

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And her mamabefore her cooked shrimp, and her mama before her mamacooked shrimp, too.

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Anyway, I guess you could say me and Mama was on our own.

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That Mama, she sure was right. It's funny how things work out.

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