hand that rocks the cradle
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As Desmond Tutu put it in an interview from the film, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”
From Newsweek ● Sep. 24, 2012
The hand that rocks the cradle -- and cradles the phone, and sweeps the floor, and writes the memo and meets the deadline -- doesn't have time to reach out and save the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hand that rocks the cradle was sure to rock the boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's a truism that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
All true trophies of the ages are from mother-love impearled, For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.
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