Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.
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This shared love of cooking and celebration has allowed me to create a strong bond with my family.
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Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.
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I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
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I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
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I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.
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At the end of the seven years, 'Family Ties' voluntarily went off the air. And, we went off as the #1 show on TV that week. We cut down the nets on stage 24 and moved on with the rest of our lives. Always to carry with us the blessing of what we had gone through together.
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My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
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I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say you're thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends.
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People know not to mess with my friends or my family because it's not going to work out well for you.
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Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.
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Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.
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I come from a very athletic family. But I didn't have the typical Jewish sports heroes. I mean, like lots of Jewish kids I admired Sandy Koufax. But I didn't look up to him as the one person who gave me the desire to push on and succeed. My brothers did that for me.
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The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one's private soul.
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We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.
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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
