Family Quotes
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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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My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped.
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I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded.
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I'm always open to meeting people, but I would be lying if I didn't say that my trust issues have changed because of 'Modern Family.'
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We're all gonna land, we don't have rocket packs that last forever. But these things that we love, these things that give us purpose, these moments along the way are our parachutes. So I feel very fortunate to have all of these. Art and my family are pretty much my biggest parachutes.
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In keeping with our aim to start construction on the new Family Center sometime in 2006, the dress for our Building Hope dinner will be construction casual, with tool belts and hard hats optional.
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I'm blessed to have a family that always supported me being me.
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Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.
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Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved.
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If you'd rather spend the holidays with your friends or your dog or digging wells in Kenya than with your family, do it.
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My family is really proper.
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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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My actual friends and family: by the time I get home, I don’t want to talk to anyone I don’t know.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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I'm of Russian-Jewish background. Like many Soviet Jews, my parents were engineers. My family migrated from Ukraine to Israel when I was six. They arrived in Israel with very little... Within a year of arriving in Israel, the Yom Kippur War happened.
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The responsibility of a man is to lead his family.
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Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have with New Orleans. Especially for the music.
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I'm part of a really big family.
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I don't come from a creative background. I don't know anyone in my family who is a musician or actor or singer. It's a lot of teachers, lawyers. Professional stuff like that.
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The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.
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I might not be here if it wasn't for the research and the technology that March of Dimes provided for my family and me.
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Because we were twins, we clung to each other. Because we were sisters, we depended on each other. Because we were family, we did not let go.
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A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.
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Everybody in my family are doctors.
