"Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket."

Lillian Gordy Carter, American Celebrity

Family, Time, Lie, Balance

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"Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket."

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"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

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"Blessed is the womb that born you."

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"Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision you've made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to another's. Every decision you make will be for both of you. What one does affects the other. You are a family, a team inseparable and unbreakable."

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"I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex."

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