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"I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened."

"I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Brother, Brothers

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"I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing."

"I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Brother, Boyfriend, Brothers

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"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

King Solomon, Hebrew Royalty

Brother, Friend, Adversity

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"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."

"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

Brother, Brothers, Kids, Trying

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"I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority."

"I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

Brother, Attention, Want

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"Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends."

"Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Children, Friends

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"Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children."

"Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children."

Little Richard, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Children, Sisters, Support

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"You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins."

"You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins."

David Coverdale, English Musician

Brother, Brothers, Relatives, Sisters, Songs

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"I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley."

"I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley."

Mila Kunis, American Actress

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"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."

"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

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"My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians."

"My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Brother, Musicians

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"Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much."

"Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

Brother, Brothers

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"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."

"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Brother, African

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"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight."

"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight."

Liam Gallagher, British Musician

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"We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs."

"We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs."

Edgar Winter, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Old, Songs, Years

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"So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too."

"So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

Brother, Guitar

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"I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him."

"I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him."

Jackie Jackson, American Musician

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"In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled."

"In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

Brother, College, Friends, School

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"The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore."

"The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Brother, Brothers, Name, Respect

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"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."

"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

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"You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other."

"You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Enemies, Friends, Help

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"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Brother, Brothers

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"I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility."

"I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility."

Bob Crosby, American Musician

Brother, Concern, Responsibility

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"I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child."

"I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

Brother, Brothers, Friends, Sisters

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"I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers."

"I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers."

Eddie Floyd, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Months, Rest

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"Kissing Macaulay Culkin was like kissing a brother. It was really no big deal."

"Kissing Macaulay Culkin was like kissing a brother. It was really no big deal."

Anna Chlumsky, American Actress

Brother, Kissing

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"Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist."

"Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist."

Bono, Irish Musician

Brother, Church, Being, Conscience

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"I'd come from the bottom of the barrel. Just Owen Hart getting out of the shadow of Bret Hart's little brother. Everyone figured, this is a joke, Owen's going to get squashed."

"I'd come from the bottom of the barrel. Just Owen Hart getting out of the shadow of Bret Hart's little brother. Everyone figured, this is a joke, Owen's going to get squashed."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Brother, Shadow

18

"Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me."

"Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Brother, Memories, Mosquitoes

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"The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them."

"The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them."

Drew Carey, American Actor

Brother, Brothers, First, Losing

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"I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester."

"I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

17

"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers."

"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers."

Carly Simon, American Musician

Brother, Brothers

17

"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that."

"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that."

Tom Felton, English Actor

Brother, College, Years

17

"Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother."

"Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

17

"My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant."

"My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Brother, Old, Years

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"I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison."

"I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

Brother, Prison, Will, Years

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"I have a little brother. He's actually living at my house right now. He's going to be 18."

"I have a little brother. He's actually living at my house right now. He's going to be 18."

Edward Furlong, American Actor

Brother, Living, Now, Right

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"The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan."

"The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan."

William Kirby, English Scientist

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"My career has always revolved around what I do and don't want my sisters and brothers seeing me doing."

"My career has always revolved around what I do and don't want my sisters and brothers seeing me doing."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

Brother, Brothers, Career, Sisters, Want

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"My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums."

"My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums."

Jeremy London, American Actor

Brother, Guitar, Play

16

"Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that."

"Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Brother, Beginning, Eye

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"The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters."

"The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters."

Rachel Blanchard, Canadian Actress

Brother, Brothers, Parents, Right, Sisters

15

"Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world."

"Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world."

Gregg Allman, American Musician

Brother, Thought, Play, World

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"I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it."

"I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

Brother, Brothers

15

"Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning."

"Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning."

B. B. King, American Musician

Brother, College, Jazz, Learning

15

"My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!"

"My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!"

Dorothy Kilgallen, American Actress

Brother, Children

15

"We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother."

"We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Brother, Boys, Chicago, Crime

15

"The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory."

"The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Brother, Tongue, Word

15

"My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in."

"My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

14

"Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia."

"Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia."

Ali A. Saleh, American Politician

Brother, Brothers, Cooperation

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