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"The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't."

"The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Family, Sister, Truth, People, Thinking

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"A father gives his child nothing better than a good education."

"A father gives his child nothing better than a good education."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Family, Father, Education, Gift, Love

37

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father."

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father."

George Herbert, British Poet

Family, Father, Sons

36

"Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions."

"Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions."

Edward Coke, English Businessman

Family, Mother, Cause, Certainty, Quiet

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"I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it."

"I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it."

Tom Hooper, British Director

Family, Dad, War, Father, Effect

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"Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults."

"Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults."

Maggie Gallagher, American Writer

Family, Children, World

36

"The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it, so you've got their perspective of it, however skewed they want you to see it."

"The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it, so you've got their perspective of it, however skewed they want you to see it."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

Family, Perspective, Pretty, Want

36

"When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution."

"When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

Family, Mother, Evolution, Race, Right

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"I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church."

"I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Family, Church, Years

36

"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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"When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood."

"When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

Family, Childhood, Sweetness

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"We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument."

"We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

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"My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano."

"My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano."

John C. Hawkes, American Novelist

Family, Mother, Play, Tennis

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"I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows."

"I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Family, Baby, Friends

36

"This experience of being loved by mother is a passive one. There is nothing I have to do in order to be loved-mother's love is unconditional. All I have to do is to be-to be her child. Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

"This experience of being loved by mother is a passive one. There is nothing I have to do in order to be loved-mother's love is unconditional. All I have to do is to be-to be her child. Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Family, Love, Peace, Bliss

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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's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters."

"It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Family, Arguments

36

"There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family."

"There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Family, Drugs, Fighting, Language

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"In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly."

"In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly."

Evelyn Underhill, English Writer

Family, Father, Coolness, Indifference

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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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"Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, that's 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me."

"Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, that's 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Family, Time, War, History

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"I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea."

"I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea."

Judi Dench, English Actress

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"I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23."

"I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Family, Time, Work, Man

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"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely."

"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely."

Frank McCourt, Irish Author

Family, Mother, Christmas, Lonely, Vacation

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"The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate."

"The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate."

Dexter S. King, American Activist

Family, Government, Nixon

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"I am a great admirer of Sen. Frist, who is a nationally known heart surgeon and well known in Nashville as a great family man who has dedicated his life to helping others and, in that regard, he has followed in his father's footsteps."

"I am a great admirer of Sen. Frist, who is a nationally known heart surgeon and well known in Nashville as a great family man who has dedicated his life to helping others and, in that regard, he has followed in his father's footsteps."

John Jay Hooker, American Businessman

Family, Life, Heart, Father

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"If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children."

"If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Family, Children, Passion

36

"If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration."

"If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Family, Children, Games, Play, Will

36

"We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do."

"We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do."

Brigham Young, American Leader

Family, Children

36

"People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'"

"People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'"

Robert Teeter, American Politician

Family, Son, People, Question

36

"At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family."

"At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family."

Dave Lombardo, Cuban Musician

Family, Fun, Now, Road

36

"Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The PR person came and went. It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very interesting."

"Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The PR person came and went. It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very interesting."

Geraldo Rivera, American Journalist

Family, Children, Day, Kids

36

"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."

"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."

Ian Botham, English Athlete

Family, Children, Dying, Will

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"We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children."

"We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Family, Children, Earth, Parents, Want

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"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."

"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Feelings, Children

36

"What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way."

"What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way."

David Brooks, American Politician

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"My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more."

"My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Military, Running, School

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"When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste."

"When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Family, Mother, Father

36

"He had written my mother once that he wanted her to be the first thing he saw every morning and the last thing he ever saw. And that's how it turned out."

"He had written my mother once that he wanted her to be the first thing he saw every morning and the last thing he ever saw. And that's how it turned out."

Ron Reagan, American Journalist

Family, Mother, First

36

"At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks."

"At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

Family, Children, Fiction, Jobs, Literary

36

"When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children."

"When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children."

William Feather, American Author

Family, Children, Lying

36

"I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape."

"I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

Family, Childhood

36

"The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house."

"The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

36

"There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control."

"There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control."

Edward Zwick, American Director

Family, People, Control, Circumstances

36

"I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day."

"I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

Family, Father, Brother, Day, Fight

36

"Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s."

"Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

Family, Mother, Artists, Interest

36

"I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship."

"I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship."

Shaquille O'Neal, American Athlete

Family, Financial, Goals, Ability

36

"If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer."

"If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer."

Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist

Family, Society, Cancer, Living

36

"I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project."

"I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Family, Monument, Project

36

"Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me."

"Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Family, Brother, Being, Pretty

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