Family Quotes
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I was very shy - I didn't speak to anyone outside of my family until the fourth grade.
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My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality.
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I could definitely see myself living back in Australia again. If I had a family, I could move back.
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And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance.
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Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
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The best way to protect yourself and your family in this time of uncertainty is to create wealth for yourself.
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Family relationships are just so fascinating - how they shape you as a person, how you can wound each other, how you're imprinted in a way by your family and the conditions under which you grow up.
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I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven.
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My kids only come around once in my lifetime, and they (hopefully) won't be with me forever. I chose to have them, and I choose, freely, to make them and my family a priority in my life. This stage of life won't last forever. While it does, I've climbed on for the ride.
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If you are asking if my family will take what they want, of course they will. The strong rule, Chen Yi. Those who are not strong dream of it.
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I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.
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Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.
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I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we all watch movies, don't we? But even though I grew up in Los Angeles, my family was entirely unconnected with the movie industry, and I never truly believed that it would one day be my fate.
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Mr. Romney, my family is just as real as yours, i think every child deserves a family as loving and committed as mine.
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At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.
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The concept of the strong linkage to the family is breaking down in Western nations.
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We all have family dysfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole.
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
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Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.
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I really think me and my family live humbly. I've secured my life, and I won't have to open the newspaper and be looking for work.
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But maybe there isn’t a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn’t always such a good word.
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I grew up with three kids in the family, and it's definitely a little extra tricky having that third kid.
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Are we happy that 99% of all new income is going to the top 1%? Are we happy that one family in this country owns more than the bottom 130 million people?
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Religion and gods and beliefs - for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole - it's about human connections.
