"True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it."

Family, Father, Girlfriends, Man, Maturity

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"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Motherhood, Love, Prayer, Emotion

"Big Brother is watching you."

George Orwell, British Author

Family, Brother

"Some men do not know the father of 'their' children."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Family, Truth, Relationship, Regret

"We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister."Pride? Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. "Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power."My brother is undoubtedly arrogant, Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you? He grinned."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Family, Pride, Arrogance, Power

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

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Give, Up, Believe

"Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Family, Division, Agreement, Life

"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Family, Children, Clothes

"Blessed is the womb that born you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Blessed, Womb, Birth, Mother

"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."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Family, Partnership, Decision, Teamwork

"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Family, Ideal, Relationship, Life

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"You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination."

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"One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider."

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"If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted."

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"Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made."

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"No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start."

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"Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic."

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"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

"Big Brother is watching you."

"Some men do not know the father of 'their' children."

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

"Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them."

"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."

"Blessed is the womb that born you."

"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."

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"You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination."

"One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider."

"Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves."

"Self-parody is the first portent of age."

"Americans don't want cowboys to be gay."

"A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough."

"If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted."

"Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made."

"No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start."

"Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic."