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"In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth."

"In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth."

V. S. Pritchett, British Writer

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"Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show."

"Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Family, Girlfriend, Night, Pressure

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"I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm."

"I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm."

Tom Allen, American Politician

Family, Children, Harm, Obligation

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"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

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"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

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"It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from."

"It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Family, Children, May, Self, Writing

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"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

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"No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family."

"No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family."

J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant

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"I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on."

"I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Family, Experience, Mother, Father

41

"What interests me is what children go through while growing up."

"What interests me is what children go through while growing up."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

Family, Children, Growingup

41

"My family is my strength and my weakness."

"My family is my strength and my weakness."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

Family, Strength, Weakness

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"Playtime and toys are good for kids, or they wouldn't buy them. McDonald's can provide that experience. And having dinner with the family is good for kids."

"Playtime and toys are good for kids, or they wouldn't buy them. McDonald's can provide that experience. And having dinner with the family is good for kids."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Family, Experience, Kids

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"LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred."

"LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Family, Wisdom, Conflict, Truth

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"My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things."

"My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things."

Steve Case, American Businessman

Family, Father, Brothers, Building, Expectation

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"There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful."

"There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful."

Chevy Chase, American Comedian

Family, Writing

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"My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering."

"My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering."

William Gilbert, British Composer

Family, Help, Pride

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"My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too."

"My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

Family, Father, World

41

"When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family."

"When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

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"My family really does come first. It always did and always will."

"My family really does come first. It always did and always will."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Family, First, Will

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"I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable."

"I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

Family, People, Film

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"I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists."

"I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Family, Artists

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"My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job."

"My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job."

Ted Turner, American Businessman

Family, Son, Job, Now

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"I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were."

"I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were."

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian Comedian

Family, People, Building

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"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate."

"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate."

Ulysses S. Grant, American President

Family, Religion, Church, School

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"At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service."

"At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service."

Dave Reichert, American Politician

Family, Time, Sacrifice, Knowledge

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"My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends."

"My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Family, Friends, Sculpture, Years

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"But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors."

"But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors."

Tobias Wolff, American Writer

Family, Father, Brother, Doctors, Growingup

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"Children need continuity as they grow and learn."

"Children need continuity as they grow and learn."

Thomas Menino, American Politician

Family, Children

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"The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies."

"The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

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"There was never a great man who had not a great mother."

"There was never a great man who had not a great mother."

Olive Schreiner, South African Writer

Family, Mother, Man, Southafrican

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"One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school."

"One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school."

James Sinegal, American Businessman

Family, Children, Class, Middleclass, Nation

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"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Family, Children, Future

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"Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way."

"Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

Family, People, Friends, Want

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"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."

"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Family, Children, Future, Past, Present

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"As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm."

"As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm."

Tanith Lee, British Writer

Family, Mother, Invention

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"We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other."

"We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other."

Michael F. Easley, American Politician

Family, People, Concern, State

41

"My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion."

"My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Family, Friends, Racism

41

"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family."

"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family."

John Lasseter, American Director

Family, Movies, Entertainment

41

"My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not."

"My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Family, Father, Fear, Control, Manipulation

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"My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace."

"My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Family, Support

41

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces."

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children."

"I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Family, Wife, Children, First

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"I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama."

"I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama."

Kate Adie, British Journalist

Family, Childhood, Drama

41

"Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father."

"Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Family, Mother, Father, Children

41

"We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane."

"We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane."

Greg Anderson, American Athlete

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"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift."

"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

Family, Children, Duty, Reading

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"It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods."

"It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

Family, Gods, Mythology

41

"Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these years."

"Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these years."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Children, Love, Joy, Parenting

41

"I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are."

"I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Family, People, Career, Job

41

"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be."

"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be."

Clementine Paddleford, American Journalist

Family, Daughter

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