"People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me."

Family, People, Healing

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"People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me."

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"Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

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"And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things."

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"I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family."

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"Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?"

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"Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family."

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"When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

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"I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

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"Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

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"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."

Sister Parish, American Designer

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"Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical."

Georges Rouault, French Artist

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"When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel."

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"I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free."

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"Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time."

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"J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me."

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"I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well."

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"The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art."

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"Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have."

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"I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise."

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