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My mother was a stout woman with a man's name - Billie. She was plain-faced with honest eyes - no black grease by the lash line, no blue powder on the lids, eyebrows not plucked up high and thin.

— Charles M. Blow

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundrel - the kind of smile that disarmed men and undressed women.

— Charles M. Blow

My mum had a massive influence on me, not just in what she wore and how she looked, but in her spirit. She was married to one of the most famous men in the world, and she didn't wear any makeup, ever. I mean, have you ever seen the wife of a man like that rock up with no makeup on? Because I haven't since.

— Stella McCartney

My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.

— Jaclyn Smith

Both my New Hampshire great-grandfathers wore facial hair: the Copperhead who fought in the war and the sheep farmer too old for combat.

— Donald Hall

My mother and grandmother both had beautiful skin.

— Andie MacDowell

My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhance what she had.

— Francois Nars

My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman.

— Amy Bloom

My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.

— Salman Rushdie

Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.

— Stella McCartney

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.

— Ice T