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"Your birth filled your parents with joy, your universe with love, and your soul with the flowers of hope. May those flowers of hope bloom with the fragrance of endless success."

"Your birth filled your parents with joy, your universe with love, and your soul with the flowers of hope. May those flowers of hope bloom with the fragrance of endless success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Birth, Love, Hope

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"I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on."

"I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

Family, Achievement, Discipline, School

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"James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had."

"James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

Family, Father, Son, Talk

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"The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives."

"The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Family, Excess, Faults, Husbands, Wives

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"The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first."

"The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first."

Bob Riley, American Politician

Family, Children, First, Focus, Opponents

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"I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now."

"I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

Family, Brother, Beginning, Now, Present

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"Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family."

"Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family."

Roland Joffe, English Director

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"I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home."

"I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Family, Home, Living

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"There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others."

"There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

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"The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family."

"The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Family, Choices, Fun, Kids

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"Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?"

"Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?"

Elizabeth Janeway, American Author

Family, Animals, Behavior, Growingup

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"They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children."

"They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children."

Barbara Amiel, British Journalist

Family, Children, Will, World

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"Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them."

"Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

Family, Son, Contempt, May, Parents

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"We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents."

"We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents."

George Pataki, American Politician

Family, Medical, People, Citizenship

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"We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts."

"We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts."

Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete

Family, People, Nothing, Now

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"It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers."

"It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers."

Chauncey Depew, American Politician

Family, Fathers, Pity

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"My father didn't know George W. Bush from Adam."

"My father didn't know George W. Bush from Adam."

Ron Reagan, American Journalist

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"It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even."

"It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

Family, Grudges, Italy, Passion

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"My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science."

"My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Family, Science, Mother, Father

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"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

Harry Browne, American Writer

Family, Government, Values, Children

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"Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained."

"Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

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"My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair."

"My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair."

June Jordan, American Writer

Family, Father, Fight, Fighting, Reason

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"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance."

"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

Family, Children, Patience

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"Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that the family or any of the genera was once larger and wide spread? and occupied a continuous area?"

"Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that the family or any of the genera was once larger and wide spread? and occupied a continuous area?"

Asa Gray, American Scientist

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"I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on."

"I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

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"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."

"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."

James K. Polk, American President

Family, Happiness, Peace, Fear

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"I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family."

"I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Family, Women, Embarrassment, Friends

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"My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things."

"My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

Family, Politics, Religion, Sports

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"I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction."

"I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction."

Donald Johanson, American Scientist

Family, Mother, Church, Religious

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"I believe that the whole human race is the family of God."

"I believe that the whole human race is the family of God."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

Family, God, Race

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"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

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"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

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"My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family."

"My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

Family, Wife, Effort, Feeling

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"A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it."

"A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it."

William Dean Howells, American Author

Family, Mother, Man

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"My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up."

"My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Family, Growing up, Value

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"My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective."

"My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective."

Augusten Burroughs, American Writer

Family, Mother, Father, Abuse, Hatred

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"I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family."

"I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Family, Time, Baby

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"You are my flesh and blood and I have always doted on you, but right now I would have to say you deserve a haughty, ruined chit for your own and she deserves you."

"You are my flesh and blood and I have always doted on you, but right now I would have to say you deserve a haughty, ruined chit for your own and she deserves you."

Mary Balogh, Canadian Author

Family, Conflict, Romance, Irony

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"We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons."

"We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons."

William J. Clinton, American President

Family, Children, Weapons, Words

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"Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship."

"Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship."

Greg Louganis, American Athlete

Family, Mom, Dad, Love, Expectations

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"Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed."

"Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

Family, Children, Difference, Will

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"I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it."

"I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it."

Lizzy Caplan, American Actress

Family, People, Temple, Summer

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"This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like."

"This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Family, Thought, Idea, Clothes

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"It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father."

"It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father."

Jeanne Tripplehorn, American Actress

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"My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad."

"My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Family, Thought, Acting

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"Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth."

"Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Family, Acceptance, Parents, University

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"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Family, Children, Talk

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"The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family."

"The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Family, Time, Daughter, Film

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"In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child."

"In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

Family, Children

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"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs."

"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

Family, Father, People, Old, Stairs

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