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Family Quotes

"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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"Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family."

"Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress."

"Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress."

Michael N. Castle, American Politician

Family, Progress, Determination, State

45

"After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people."

"After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Family, Brother, People, Trying

45

"This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace."

"This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

Family, Life, Peace, Lie

45

"I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value."

"I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value."

Sissy Spacek, American Actress

Family, Act, Motherhood, Project

45

"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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"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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"And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you."

"And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you."

Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

Family, Mother, Fight, Hurt, Play

45

"We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along."

"We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along."

Rick Wright, British Musician

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"The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house."

"The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

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"Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected."

"Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected."

Christina Milian, American Musician

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"And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions."

"And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

Family, Brothers, Children, Law, Sisters

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"He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy."

"He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy."

Chanakya, Indian Politician

Family, Fear, Grief, Sorrow

45

"This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think."

"This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

Family, Son, People, Newspapers, Television

45

"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it."

"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

45

"I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin."

"I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

Family, Mother, People, Idea, Baby

45

"I miss my mother very, very much."

"I miss my mother very, very much."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

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"The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family."

"The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Family, Character, Control

45

"On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone."

"On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone."

Rocco Buttiglione, American Politician

Family, Benefits, Children, Country

45

"The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco."

"The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco."

Armstrong Williams, American Journalist

Family, Work, Father, Job

45

"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."

"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."

Abigail Van Buren, American Journalist

45

"My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India."

"My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Family, Act, Jungle, Living

45

"I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house."

"I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

45

"The decision for me was whether to have "The Father" be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else."

"The decision for me was whether to have "The Father" be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

Family, Daughter, Decision, Books

45

"It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family."

"It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family."

Rick Renzi, American Politician

Family, Home, Work

45

"After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall."

"After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Family, Time, Friends, Projects

45

"I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it."

"I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Family, Fun, Lonely, Sense

45

"The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them."

"The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them."

Rocco Buttiglione, American Politician

Family, Women, Care, Children

45

"Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick."

"Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick."

Wally Schirra, American Astronaut

Family, Dad, Canada, First, Force

45

"Our family life was certainly not intellectual."

"Our family life was certainly not intellectual."

Douglass North, American Economist

45

"If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps."

"If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps."

Edwin Land, American Inventor

Family, Work, Money, Dream

45

"The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family."

"The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family."

Patricia Richardson, American Actress

Family, Truth, Being, Fatigue

45

"My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy."

"My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

45

"I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse."

"I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Family, Funny, Time, Drugs

45

"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."

"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Family, Mother, Control, Body, Will

45

"Every man is the son of his own works."

"Every man is the son of his own works."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Family, Son, Man

45

"Children are our most valuable natural resource."

"Children are our most valuable natural resource."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Family, Children

45

"There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father."

"There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Family, Father, Want

45

"Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends."

"Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Family, People, Friends

45

"Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded."

"Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Family, Children, Difference

45

"It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure."

"It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

Family, Children, Parents, Pleasure, Reading

45

"It is within your loving and welcoming arms that a new generation will arrive & be greeted."

"It is within your loving and welcoming arms that a new generation will arrive & be greeted."

Eleesha, British Author

Family, Generations, Love, Future

45

"To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was."

"To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

Family, Religion, Values, Culture

45

"Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure."

"Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Family, Mother, Cure, Disgust, Variety

45

"The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members."

"The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Family, Truth, People

45

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

Homer, Greek Poet

Family, Fathers, Sons

45

"It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night."

"It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Family, Sister, Care, Night, Years

45

"Doubt is the father of invention."

"Doubt is the father of invention."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Family, Father, Doubt, Invention

45

"I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family."

"I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family."

Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

Family, Work, Dream, Ability

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