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"I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant."

"I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Death, Mother

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"My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four."

"My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four."

Tracy Austin, American Athlete

Family, Sister, Feet, Opposites

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"We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts."

"We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts."

Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete

Family, People, Nothing, Now

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"My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry."

"My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Family, Work, Job, Poverty

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"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Family, Father, Son, Despair, Inheritance

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"My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing."

"My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Family, Husband, Now, Priorities

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"It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon."

"It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon."

Dawn French, British Comedian

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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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"Nobody in my family ever thought that I'd a be a model."

"Nobody in my family ever thought that I'd a be a model."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

Family, Thought

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"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

Chris Frantz, American Musician

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"A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though."

"A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though."

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian Politician

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"I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago."

"I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Family, Father, Brothers, Chicago, Community

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"I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids."

"I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

Family, Home, Fact, Kids

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"Mothers are all slightly insane."

"Mothers are all slightly insane."

J. D. Salinger, American Novelist

Family, Mothers

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"Poverty is the mother of crime."

"Poverty is the mother of crime."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Family, Mother, Crime, Poverty

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"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

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"My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor."

"My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Family, Humor, Sense

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"I get a lot of letters. Not only from children but from adults, too. Almost every week, every month, clippings come in from some part of the world where ducks are crossing the street."

"I get a lot of letters. Not only from children but from adults, too. Almost every week, every month, clippings come in from some part of the world where ducks are crossing the street."

Robert McCloskey, American Author

Family, Children, Letters, World

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"A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years."

"A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years."

Juvenal, Roman Poet

Family, Son, Mind, Respect, Years

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"My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him."

"My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him."

Immanuel Velikovsky, Belarusian Historian

Family, Father, First, Name

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"The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family."

"The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

Family, People, Hell, May

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"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage."

"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

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"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Family, Education, Time, Class

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"Children are children."

"Children are children."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, Youth, Play, Innocence

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"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."

"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Family, Happiness, Friends

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"Doubt is the brother of shame."

"Doubt is the brother of shame."

Erik Erikson, American Psychologist

Family, Brother, Doubt, Shame

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"It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins."

"It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins."

Pete Maravich, American Athlete

Family, Father, Coach

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"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center."

"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter."

"Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

Family, Truth, Day

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"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

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"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Family, Children

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"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Family, Mother, Children, Sleep, Tenderness

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"I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar."

"I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

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"Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be."

"Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be."

Elizabeth Fishel, American Writer

Family, Sisters

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"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Family, Fathers, Land

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"He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic."

"He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic."

Nicolas Bentley, British Author

Family, Father, Footsteps

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"I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name."

"I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

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"People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix."

"People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Family, Time, People, Direction

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"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."

"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."

James K. Polk, American President

Family, Happiness, Peace, Fear

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"As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it."

"As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

Family, Mother, Delight, Gay

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"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family."

"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

Family, Mother, Father, Care

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"I didn't have a happy childhood."

"I didn't have a happy childhood."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Family, Childhood

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"Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves."

"Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Family, Children, Choices

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"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."

"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."

Abigail Van Buren, American Journalist

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"I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house."

"I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

9

"Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family."

"Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

Family, Society, Success, Liberals

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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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"In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along."

"In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along."

Antonin Scalia, American Judge

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"I sustain myself with the love of family."

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Family, Love, Self, Strength

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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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