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Family Quotes

"My family, my parents are hippies."

"My family, my parents are hippies."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Family, Hippies, Parents

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"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."

"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

Family, Nature, Language, Man

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"Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression."

"Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

Family, Men, Aggression, Fact

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"Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children."

"Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children."

Agnes Smedley, American Journalist

Family, Children, Germany, Harvest

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"I needed to feed my family. I read a couple of the episodes. How can you keep on doing the same thing?"

"I needed to feed my family. I read a couple of the episodes. How can you keep on doing the same thing?"

Lloyd Bridges, American Actor

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"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

Peter Gallagher, American Actor

Family, Life, Support, Theatre

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"Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve."

"Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Family, Work, People

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"Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"

"Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"

Donald E. Westlake, American Writer

Family, Mother, Talk

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"I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other."

"I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other."

David Selby, American Actor

Family, Travel, Mountains, Past

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"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Family, Father, Childhood, Protection

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"Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children."

"Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Family, Intelligence, Children, Parents

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"And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me."

"And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

Family, Strength, Self

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"My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college."

"My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Family, College, First

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"I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy."

"I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Family, Friends, Gay, Man

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"The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate."

"The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate."

Dexter S. King, American Activist

Family, Government, Nixon

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"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

Sister Parish, American Designer

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"I used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family."

"I used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family."

Kurtis Blow, American Musician

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"We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror."

"We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

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"The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s."

"The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Family, Mother, Deep, First

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"Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?"

"Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?"

Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician

Family, Fathers, Fire, Liberty, Will

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"I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life."

"I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life."

Candace Cameron, American Actress

Family, Life, Time, Relax

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"I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that."

"I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that."

Janet Jackson, American Musician

Family, Baby, Mind, Will

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"I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me."

"I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me."

Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Family, Mom, Peace

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"Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal."

"Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal."

Grace Napolitano, American Politician

Family, Money, Investment, Losing

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"I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash."

"I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash."

Iris DeMent, American Musician

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"I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please."

"I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

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"My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career."

"My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Family, Mother, Career, Culture

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"My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done."

"My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done."

Harry Mathews, American Author

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"I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom."

"I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom."

Michael Chang, American Athlete

Family, Mom, Nature, Time, Play

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"A man who envies our family is a man who needs help."

"A man who envies our family is a man who needs help."

Yeardley Smith, American Actress

Family, Help, Man, Needs

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"We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children."

"We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

Family, Children, Parents

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"I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet."

"I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet."

Philip Levine, American Poet

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"Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go."

"Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go."

James Van Allen, American Physicist

Family, Thought, University

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"One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life."

"One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

Family, Life, Sports, Experience

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"At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy."

"At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Family, People, Energy, First

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"My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations."

"My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Family, Sister, Brother, Generations

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"My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer."

"My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer."

Leon Jouhaux, French Leader

Family, Mother, Parents, School

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"My family moved to Buffalo, New York in 1940 where I was raised."

"My family moved to Buffalo, New York in 1940 where I was raised."

Jack Herer, American Activist

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"If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration."

"If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Family, Children, Games, Play, Will

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"Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a family do out of desperation."

"Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a family do out of desperation."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Family, People, Comedy, Desperation

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"I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life."

"I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate."

"You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate."

Dusty Baker, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Father

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"Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views."

"Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

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"Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community."

"Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community."

Robin Hayes, American Politician

Family, Children, Community, Law, Living

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"Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth."

"Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth."

Richard J. Codey, American Politician

Family, Mom, Time, Mother, Depression

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"The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum."

"The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Family, Abortion, Bigotry, Crime

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"Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place."

"Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place."

Margaret Drabble, English Novelist

Family, Life, Choices

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"You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's."

"You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's."

Vance Packard, American Writer

5

"My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime."

"My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Family, Democrats, Republican, Want

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"Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student."

"Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

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