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"When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied."

"When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Family, Men, Religion, Society

38

"We know our son. We know he's not a pedophile like some of these newscasters are saying. That is not true."

"We know our son. We know he's not a pedophile like some of these newscasters are saying. That is not true."

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

Family, Son, Saying

38

"My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10."

"My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10."

Cornelia Funke, German Author

Family, Son, Daughter

38

"Hugh Lynn Cayce, Edgar Cayce's son, is quoted as saying, The best interpretation of a dream is one you apply."

"Hugh Lynn Cayce, Edgar Cayce's son, is quoted as saying, The best interpretation of a dream is one you apply."

Henry Reed, English Writer

Family, Son, Dream, Saying

38

"We're actually building onto the house to make it bigger because we want to start a family."

"We're actually building onto the house to make it bigger because we want to start a family."

Traci Bingham, American Actress

Family, Building, Want

38

"In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up?"

"In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up?"

Ernestine Rose, American Activist

Family, Mother, Care, Children, Fathers

38

"I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face."

"I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Family, Daughters, Internet, Safety, Schools

38

"They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family."

"They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

38

"My children are all doing just fine. The mountain dogs are great in this weather. The yorkies are freezing."

"My children are all doing just fine. The mountain dogs are great in this weather. The yorkies are freezing."

Catherine Crier, American Journalist

Family, Children, Dogs, Weather

38

"As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased."

"As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased."

George Steinbrenner, American Businessman

Family, Father, Hope

38

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

Family, Mother, Importance, Republicans

38

"I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions."

"I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions."

Alan Dundes, American Educator

Family, Knowledge, Class, Religious

38

"The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled."

"The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled."

Charles Perrault, French Author

Family, Son, Coach, Company

38

"My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone."

"My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Family, Mother, Hurt, Television, Want

38

"Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do."

"Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do."

Terry Zwigoff, American Director

38

"I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them."

"I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them."

Harry Reid, American Politician

Family, Dad, Mom, People, Values

38

"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."

"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."

John Selden, English Statesman

Family, Men, Man

38

"My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France."

"My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Family, Son, France

38

"For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy."

"For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy."

Andrew Morton, British Biographer

Family, Time, Policy, Europe

38

"You confused your father with God. You never saw him as a man with a man's heart, and a man's failings " I'll grant you it may have been hard to see, he makes so few mistakes, but he makes 'em like all of us. You were an emotional cripple, leaning on him, getting answers from him, assuming that your answers would always be his answers."

"You confused your father with God. You never saw him as a man with a man's heart, and a man's failings " I'll grant you it may have been hard to see, he makes so few mistakes, but he makes 'em like all of us. You were an emotional cripple, leaning on him, getting answers from him, assuming that your answers would always be his answers."

Harper Lee, American Novelist

Family, Observation, Truth, Emotion, Reflection

38

"Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models."

"Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

Family, Children, Example, First, Parents

38

"We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family."

"We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

38

"It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house and career from day one. I want to hold out for telly for the second half of the year."

"It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house and career from day one. I want to hold out for telly for the second half of the year."

Louise Jameson, British Actress

Family, Life, Mother, Being

38

"As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible."

"As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible."

Mario Batali, American Celebrity

Family, Eating, Italy

38

"I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community."

"I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

Family, Community

38

"Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world."

"Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world."

Rosa DeLauro, American Politician

Family, America, Cancer, Research

38

"Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel."

"Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

Family, Children, Giving, Necessity, Reason

38

"There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it."

"There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Family, Devil, Man, Years

38

"I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad."

"I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad."

Margaret Carlson, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Oracle

38

"I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids."

"I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids."

David Morse, American Actor

Family, Life, Community, Kids

38

"And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready."

"And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready."

Jilly Cooper, British Author

38

"In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children."

"In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children."

Oliver North, American Soldier

Family, Children, Fire, First, World

38

"My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War."

"My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War."

Jack Scalia, American Actor

Family, War, Country

38

"We have very specific rules about how we go to market with children, and I think they are very responsible."

"We have very specific rules about how we go to market with children, and I think they are very responsible."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Family, Children, Rules

38

"I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely."

"I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely."

Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist

38

"My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland."

"My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland."

Alan Hovhaness, American Composer

Family, Mother, Old, Scotland

38

"I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class."

"I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

Family, Daughter, Class, Elections, Night

38

"I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film."

"I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film."

Tommy Kirk, American Actor

Family, Favorite, Film, Old

38

"When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!"

"When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!"

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

Family, Father, Philosophy

38

"But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies."

"But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Family, Children, Enemies, Laughter

38

"I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life."

"I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life."

Todd Akin, American Politician

Family, Government, Legal, Life

38

"Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives."

"Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives."

Jon Porter, American Politician

Family, Children, Play, Teachers

38

"My family isn't really all that different from anyone else's. Well, maybe they're a bit more entertaining."

"My family isn't really all that different from anyone else's. Well, maybe they're a bit more entertaining."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Family, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

38

"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."

"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."

Guy Lafleur, Canadian Athlete

38

"Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family."

"Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Family, Brothers, Crisis

38

"I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing."

"I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

Family, Friends, Nothing, Possessions

38

"It doesn't seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden."

"It doesn't seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden."

Anthony Hecht, American Poet

Family, Children, Forbidden

38

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating."

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

38

"You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them."

"You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

38

"So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime."

"So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

Family, Crime, Job

38

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