Family Quotes
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I take 10 minutes. I focus on what I'm most grateful for. Then I do a little prayer for three minutes, a blessing within myself through God, and then out to my family and friends and all those I serve. Then my last three minutes are the three things I want to achieve most. At the end of 10 minutes, you are wired. Everything in your life gets filtered through that.
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I wanted to write about extended family systems. You have people you can fall back on, and it's good. But what if you don't fit into what is expected of you?
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My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
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I was the fifth child in a family of six, five boys and one girl. Bless that poor girl. We were very poor; it was the 30s. We survived off of the food and the little work that my father could get working on the roads or whatever the WPA provided. We were always in line to get food. The survival of our family really depended on the survival of the other black families in that community. We had that village aspect about us, that African sense about us. We always shared what we had with each other. We were able to make it because there was really a total family, a village.
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I am in constant search of charitable work and thank Allah that I am happy, that my children are happy, and I like that all of my family is happy.
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I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.
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A woman who ran a feminist organization in India told me one thing that stands out for her is bride burning. If a groom's family doesn't like an arranged marriage and they want to get rid of the woman, in-laws may set fire to her in the kitchen, or she may commit suicide in a "kitchen fire".
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I love to go to the beach or stay at the pool with my girls - enjoy the sun and the water as much as I can, take rides with the bicycles, and spend time with my family.
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Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.
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Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
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The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
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I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.
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Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate.
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There can be legal conflicts over whether registering intent is enough to qualify you as an organ donor or whether a doctor must still ask your family's permission.
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I'm not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign.
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I have family in Oklahoma City.
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My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
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TV has gone back to basics, relating to middle class family with real characters, less make-up and simple shots. I feel as an actor it is a delight to work in such shows.
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Singing was something I only did at family functions, but I never took it seriously.
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Disorder in the society is the result of disorder in the family.
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Where does a child of mine get all that hair, I wonder? Arthur’s not exceptionally hirsute, and the men on my side of the family are as bald as potatoes. I must have had an affair with a gorilla before he was born, but you’d think I’d remember something like that, wouldn’t you? ... Be a dear and remind me to leave my brandy flask at home the next time I visit the zoo.
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I'm part of a really big family.
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I made good money at WWE and traveled the world and interacted with my fans, but I missed a lot of family time. That really hits me.
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I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.
