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"It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along."

"It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

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"The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me."

"The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

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"Beware the cute, hot guy who kind of reminds you of the parent you don't get along with: your cold, distant father who left when you were a kid or your hot-tempered mother whom you could never please."

"Beware the cute, hot guy who kind of reminds you of the parent you don't get along with: your cold, distant father who left when you were a kid or your hot-tempered mother whom you could never please."

Merrill Markoe, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Cute

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"I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard."

"I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

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"When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me."

"When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me."

Pia Toscano, American Musician

Family, Happiness, Fact, First

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"I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands."

"I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Family, Money, Husbands, Past

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"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns."

"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns."

Mary Antin, Russian Activist

Family, Father, People

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"Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice."

"Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice."

Reinhold Niebuhr, American Theologian

Family, Life, Love, Justice

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"I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny."

"I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny."

Peter Gallagher, American Actor

Family, Funny, Love, Dad

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"Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family."

"Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

Family, Religious, Training

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"Every place in the country you should get a license that shows you know how to safely store it, keep it away from your children or grandchildren. You should have to license it so the police can trace it if it's used in a crime."

"Every place in the country you should get a license that shows you know how to safely store it, keep it away from your children or grandchildren. You should have to license it so the police can trace it if it's used in a crime."

Michael D. Barnes, American Politician

Family, Children, Country, Crime, Police

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"I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence."

"I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Family, People, Coach, Influence

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"A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere."

"A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Family, Home, Building, Children

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"Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family."

"Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family."

Dave Heineman, American Politician

Family, Work, Quality, Giving

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"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

Terence, Roman Writer

Family, Fathers, Judges

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"One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?"

"One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?"

Roone Arledge, American Journalist

Family, Son, People, Fight, Network

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"My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments."

"My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments."

John Hume, Irish Politician

Family, Father, Children, Poor, Support

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"Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images."

"Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images."

John Hench, American Artist

Family, Children, Mouse, Skill

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"My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan."

"My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Family, Father, Right

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"This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio."

"This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio."

Kenny Marchant, American Politician

Family, Values, Country, Television

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"I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother."

"I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother."

Satish Kumar, Indian Activist

Family, Mother, Extreme, Possessions

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"One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model."

"One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model."

Lance Loud, American Actor

Family, Gay, Result

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"The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like."

"The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

Family, Children, Community, Fact, Jobs

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"The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family."

"The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

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"The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me."

"The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me."

Faith Hill, American Musician

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"I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas."

"I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

Family, Music, Civilization, Ideas

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"Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S."

"Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S."

Rosa DeLauro, American Politician

Family, Women, Abortion, Planning

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"Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family."

"Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

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"It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era."

"It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era."

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer

Family, Computer, Sound

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"We grew up with so much love in our family."

"We grew up with so much love in our family."

Payne Stewart, American Athlete

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"I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in."

"I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in."

Patricia Richardson, American Actress

Family, People, Problems

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"That great Cathedral space which was childhood."

"That great Cathedral space which was childhood."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Family, Childhood, Space

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"Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable."

"Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable."

Kenneth Clark, British Author

Family, Children

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"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."

"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."

Peter Noone, English Actor

Family, Daughters, Fun, Mothers

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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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"I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule."

"I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule."

David Icke, English Athlete

Family, Dad, Being, Children, Ridicule

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"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women."

"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women."

Louise Slaughter, American Politician

Family, Health, Women

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"Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."

"Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."

David Ogden Stiers, American Actor

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"Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood."

"Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood."

Beryl Bainbridge, English Novelist

Family, Childhood

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"Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden."

"Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Family, Mother, Thought, Language

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"The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell."

"The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell."

John Jakes, American Writer

Family, Children, Heaven, Hell, Innocence

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"The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself."

"The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself."

Nancy Friday, American Author

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"Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters."

"Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters."

Nora Roberts, American Author

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"We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children."

"We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

Family, Children, World

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"And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family."

"And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Family, Friend, Courage, Admiration

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"My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese."

"My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese."

Jay London, American Comedian

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"It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future."

"It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future."

Kent Conrad, American Politician

Family, Children, Eating, Future, Habits

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"I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue."

"I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue."

David Cameron, British Politician

Family, Children, Conservative, Economy, Interest

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"I'd like to do more family dramas."

"I'd like to do more family dramas."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

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"Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy."

"Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy."

Ernestine Rose, American Activist

Family, Children, Fathers, Philosophy

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