Family Quotes
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We have this huge discourse on family in this country, but no one deconstructs it the same way. People talk about "the American family." The right wing has this thing - Focus on the Family. What the hell is that? I don't want to just discuss the issues - I want family to be a real part of the character of the novels I write, and I don't like to write things that feel like issue books.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.
Bryan Batt
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The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects around him, his occupations, his habits, have a sacred character. It is he who feeds the family, is the one in charge and the head. Usually he works outside the home, and it is through him that the household communicates with the rest of the world: he is the embodiment of this adventurous, immense, difficult, and marvelous world; he is transcendence, he is God.
Simone de Beauvoir
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My family was actually homeless for several years when I was a kid. It's a bit unusual for a member of Congress.
Kyrsten Sinema
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There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over those who compose the feathery foam of fashion that sweeps along Broadway; who consider the insignia of honor to consist in wealth and indolence; and who, ignoring the family history, paint coats of arms to cover up the leather aprons of their grandfathers.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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For me it's always God, family, and then my work.
Kimora Lee Simmons
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After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.
Joe Sakic
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As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
Andrew Gross
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After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here.
Suzy Bogguss
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I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home.
Amity Gaige
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Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.
Angelina Jolie
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A 'good' family, it seems, is one that used to be better.
Cleveland Amory
