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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

5

"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

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

5

"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

5

"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Love, Friends

5

"The whole family is tight. We all really love each other."

"The whole family is tight. We all really love each other."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

5

"A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite."

"A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite."

Elizabeth Fishel, American Writer

5

"At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention."

"At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention."

Jhumpa Lahiri, American Author

Family, Father, Attention, News, Night

5

"Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so."

"Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Family, Mother, Earth, Forbidden, Humanity

5

"We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place."

"We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Family, First, Kids, Parents

5

"My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family."

"My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family."

Simon van der Meer, Dutch Physicist

Family, Mother, Father

5

"A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family."

"A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

Family, Community, First

5

"It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who had never been away from the monotonous country surrounding us looked forward eagerly to seeing the mountains."

"It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who had never been away from the monotonous country surrounding us looked forward eagerly to seeing the mountains."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Family, Children, Country, Longing, Mountains

5

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."

Alice Walker, American Author

Family, Mothers, Names

5

"When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste."

"When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Family, Mother, Father

5

"Different parents have different standards for their children."

"Different parents have different standards for their children."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Family, Children, Parents

5

"I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family."

"I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family."

Walter Cronkite, American Journalist

Family, Men, Time

5

"I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records."

"I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

Family, Leader, Father

5

"I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house."

"I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

Family, Mother, Books

5

"Every paleontologist knows that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of family appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences."

"Every paleontologist knows that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of family appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences."

George G. Simpson, American Paleontologist

5

"When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way."

"When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way."

Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist

Family, People, Hope

5

"I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life."

"I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Family, Life, Choices, Kids

5

"Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome."

"Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

Family, Children, Racism

5

"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

5

"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding."

"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Compassion, Judgment, Understanding

5

"My older son who is, I think, here tonight, is forty-one years old. Which is odd because so am I."

"My older son who is, I think, here tonight, is forty-one years old. Which is odd because so am I."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

Family, Son, Old, Years

5

"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Church, Approval, State

5

"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for."

"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Family, Children, Nothing, Parents

5

"My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church."

"My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church."

Henry Fonda, American Actor

Family, Christian, Church, Being

5

"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders."

"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders."

Abigail Van Buren, American Journalist

Family, Children, Feet, Responsibility, Want

5

"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Family, Children, Office, Public, Want

5

"It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress."

"It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress."

George Weinberg, American Psychologist

Family, Mother, Dress, Gay

5

"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed."

"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed."

Lou Brock, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Animals, Bed, Running

5

"I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

"I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

Family, Day, Future, Past

5

"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

5

"My kids are old enough now that they can watch that, but I like to do the family movies."

"My kids are old enough now that they can watch that, but I like to do the family movies."

Elizabeth Perkins, American Actress

Family, Movies, Kids, Now

5

"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

5

"I enjoyed the crew. The best part about 'The X-Files' has been the crew. This crew is an exceptional family and to go to work with a bunch of people that you really like is great. They're all the best of the best and they really try to do the best job they can. I'll miss that."

"I enjoyed the crew. The best part about 'The X-Files' has been the crew. This crew is an exceptional family and to go to work with a bunch of people that you really like is great. They're all the best of the best and they really try to do the best job they can. I'll miss that."

Robert Patrick, American Actor

Family, Work, People, Job

5

"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."

"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Family, Funny, Home, End

5

"I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!"

"I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!"

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

5

"I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant."

"I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant."

Leah Ward Sears, American Judge

Family, Time, African, Country

5

"We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention."

"We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention."

John Hawley, American Politician

Family, Health, Attention, Exercise

5

"To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers."

"To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Family, Brothers, Earth, Now, Silence

5

"I definitely have a family. I have a boyfriend who has kids, and we do normal things every day, like get up and go to school. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner."

"I definitely have a family. I have a boyfriend who has kids, and we do normal things every day, like get up and go to school. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Family, Boyfriend, Day, Kids

5

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

Enid Bagnold, British Author

Family, Father, Baby, Woman

5

"Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts."

"Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Family, Children, Experts, Forget, Parents

5

"It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him."

"It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Family, Son, Fool, Man, Woman

5

"If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine."

"If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Family, Mother, Soul, Body

5

"I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests."

"I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests."

Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

Family, Home, Love, Idea

5

"So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused."

"So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused."

Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

Family, Brother, Chance, World

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