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"A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful in the untouchable way of mothers who are our exemplars for what we will admire in women when we come of age."

"A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful in the untouchable way of mothers who are our exemplars for what we will admire in women when we come of age."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Family, Beauty, Motherhood, Aging, Admiration

41

"I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family."

"I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

41

"I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and thinking very seriously about running for the House of Representatives, for whatever that's worth."

"I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and thinking very seriously about running for the House of Representatives, for whatever that's worth."

Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer

Family, Children, Liberal, Running, Thinking

41

"Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there."

"Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

Family, People, Germany

41

"I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family."

"I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Family, Marriage

41

"My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was."

"My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Family, Father, Passion

41

"A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after--oh, that' s love by a different name."

"A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after--oh, that' s love by a different name."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Family, Parenting, Love, Joy, Observation

41

"My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer."

"My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer."

David Antin, American Poet

Family, Mother, Thought

41

"John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!"

"John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!"

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Family, Marriage, Conflict, Emotion

41

"When I go back to France now I spend all the my time with press and sponsors. I do not have a lot of time to spend at home with my family."

"When I go back to France now I spend all the my time with press and sponsors. I do not have a lot of time to spend at home with my family."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Family, Home, Time, France

41

"It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country."

"It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country."

Mary Wesley, British Novelist

Family, Mother, Children, Country, France

41

"Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him."

"Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him."

Carson Daly, American Entertainer

Family, Time, Name, Old

40

"I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful."

"I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful."

James D'arcy, British Actor

Family, Life, Successful, Being

40

"Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children."

"Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children."

Sam Levenson, American Author

Family, Children

40

"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

40

"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

40

"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

40

"In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper."

"In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Family, Mom, Entertainment, Example, Job

40

"I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too."

"I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too."

Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

40

"I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see."

"I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see."

Jude Law, British Actor

Family, Home, Work, Grace

40

"I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs."

"I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs."

Mark Kennedy, American Politician

Family, Dream, College, Concern

40

"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

40

"We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it."

"We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

40

"Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy."

"Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy."

Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist

Family, Children, Eyes, Misery, Voice

40

"The world's a small place and people are watching; and, you know, somebody disappears, the family knows and their colleagues know, and so eventually, these things do get out."

"The world's a small place and people are watching; and, you know, somebody disappears, the family knows and their colleagues know, and so eventually, these things do get out."

Jane Mayer, American Journalist

Family, People, World

40

"My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos."

"My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Family, Son, Sacrifice, Chaos, Iraq

40

"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

Peter Gallagher, American Actor

Family, Life, Support, Theatre

40

"Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question."

"Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question."

Willard Scott, American Entertainer

Family, Feelings, Positive, Being

40

"Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures."

"Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures."

Bob Cousy, American Athlete

40

"I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me."

"I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me."

Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Family, Mom, Peace

40

"I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now."

"I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now."

Patty Duke, American Actress

Family, Life, Husband, Glamour

40

"I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't."

"I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

Family, Manager, Wife

40

"I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom."

"I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom."

Michael Chang, American Athlete

Family, Mom, Nature, Time, Play

40

"My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most."

"My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

40

"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Family, Childhood, Poor, Preparation

40

"Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family."

"Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family."

Kate Smith, American Musician

Family, People, Act, Friends

40

"Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children."

"Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children."

Jane Howard, American Journalist

Family, Children, Fact, May, Mortality

40

"The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime."

"The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime."

Laura Miller, American Politician

Family, Sacrifice, Dream, Waste

40

"Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate."

"Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate."

Dorothy Day, American Activist

Family, Brothers, Mercy

40

"Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth."

"Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth."

Richard J. Codey, American Politician

Family, Mom, Time, Mother, Depression

40

"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

40

"My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression."

"My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression."

Jim Thome, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Impression, School

40

"A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world."

"A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Family, Son, Desire, Man, May

40

"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

40

"If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work."

"If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work."

Edwin Starr, American Musician

Family, Life, Music, Work

40

"My family had liberal positions."

"My family had liberal positions."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Family, Liberal

40

"When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door."

"When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door."

Jacques Chirac, French Statesman

40

"The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded by one Spirit. We are all baptized into one Spirit so as to become, says the apostle, on body."

"The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded by one Spirit. We are all baptized into one Spirit so as to become, says the apostle, on body."

Charles Hodge, American Theologian

Family, Church, Body, Spirit

40

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."

Alex Haley, American Novelist

Family, Children, Grandparents

40

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father."

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Family, Father, Man, Old

40

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