"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

Family, Children, Giving, Growingup, Neglect

"And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Family, Storytelling, Memory, Connection

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Emotion, Attachment, Childhood, Reflection

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Sacrifice, Motherhood, Poverty, Children

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

Stephen King, American Author

Family, Life, God, Job

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Family, Children, Talk

"One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Children

"There is only one mother in this world who is the best one, the one that every kid has got."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Family, Mother, Love, Care

"Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."

Mike Honda, American Politician

Family, Women, Benefits

"Big Brother is watching you."

George Orwell, British Author

Family, Brother

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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

Perfection

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

Positive

"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

People

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

Life

"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."

Compliment

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

Life

"History passes the final judgment."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

"And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again."

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

"One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves."

"There is only one mother in this world who is the best one, the one that every kid has got."

"Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."

"Big Brother is watching you."

Explore more quotes by Sidney Poitier

"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

"So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether."

"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

"History passes the final judgment."