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"To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral."

"To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral."

Abbie Hoffman, American Activist

Family, Sister, Brother, Evil

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"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."

"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Family, Sister, Being, Children, Now

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"My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends."

"My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Family, Mother, Father, Feeling, Learning

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"Different parents have different standards for their children."

"Different parents have different standards for their children."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Family, Children, Parents

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"They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be."

"They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be."

Charlotte Church, Welsh Musician

Family, London, Planning

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"David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do."

"David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do."

Shaquille O'Neal, American Athlete

Family, Mother, Dress, Mothers, Parents

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"We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."

"We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Family, Arrogance, Elderly, Exercise

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"My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American."

"My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

Family, Love, American, Blood

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"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."

"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Family, Funny, Home, End

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"At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six inches of property that ran a hundred yards through my grandfather's land. It was really over the honor of my family and that of another family."

"At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six inches of property that ran a hundred yards through my grandfather's land. It was really over the honor of my family and that of another family."

Jack Bowman, English Actor

Family, Honor, Kentucky, Land

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"I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there."

"I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Family, Church, Now

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"You know what, we're very skinny in our family."

"You know what, we're very skinny in our family."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

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"It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent."

"It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

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"A lot of people don't know that my father is black."

"A lot of people don't know that my father is black."

Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

Family, Father, People

35

"I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for."

"I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

Family, Remarkable

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"You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that."

"You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

Family, Mother, Brother, Play

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"All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree - I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing."

"All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree - I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing."

Andrea Corr, Irish Musician

Family, Care, World

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"I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise."

"I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

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"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Family, Blood, Will

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"For when a child is born the mother also is born again."

"For when a child is born the mother also is born again."

Gilbert Parker, British Politician

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"I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones."

"I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

Family, Children, Ugly

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"The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last happy moments before everything fell apart."

"The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last happy moments before everything fell apart."

Fredrik Backman, Swedish Author

Family, Memory, Loss, Tragedy

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"Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles."

"Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Family, Children

35

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

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"The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents."

"The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents."

Charles de Lint, Canadian Writer

Family, Children, Parents

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"I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction."

"I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction."

Jose Carreras, Spanish Musician

Family, Life, Values, Deep

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"For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about."

"For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about."

John Thorn, American Historian

Family, Care, Talk

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"We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle."

"We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

Family, Marriage, Values, Benefits

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"Literally every department of state government has gone through, or is in a period of, chaos. Not just fiscal chaos, but certainly as we saw in the Department of Children and Family Services and State Fair Agency and many of Walker's departments, there is absolute chaos."

"Literally every department of state government has gone through, or is in a period of, chaos. Not just fiscal chaos, but certainly as we saw in the Department of Children and Family Services and State Fair Agency and many of Walker's departments, there is absolute chaos."

Bill Scott, American Actor

Family, Government, Chaos, Children

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"If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I could fit in at least one, maybe two new lifetimes. Sad that only one of those lifetimes can include being the mother of young children."

"If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I could fit in at least one, maybe two new lifetimes. Sad that only one of those lifetimes can include being the mother of young children."

Anna Quindlen, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Being, Children, Years

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"Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking."

"Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking."

John Lasseter, American Director

Family, Mother, Animation, Baby, Computer

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"I come from an everyday middle class family in India. The film industry reached us only through our television sets and cinema halls."

"I come from an everyday middle class family in India. The film industry reached us only through our television sets and cinema halls."

Lavrenti Lopes, Indian Actor

Family, Cinema, Class, Film

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"I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years."

"I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Family, Goodwill, Years

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"But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people."

"But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

Family, People, Country

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"In my family, they were all big boozers."

"In my family, they were all big boozers."

Ron Wood, British Musician

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"Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God."

"Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Family, God, May

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"A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household."

"A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household."

Anthea Turner, English Entertainer

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"Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes."

"Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Family, Women, Right

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"Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue."

"Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue."

Rosa DeLauro, American Politician

Family, Women, Evening, Income

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"My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence."

"My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence."

Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

Family, Coach, Influence, Support

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"I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there."

"I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there."

Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

Family, Childhood

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"Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?""Yes.""Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?""No," Brigan said gravely. "I've not eaten in two months. It's a hunger strike to protest the spring flooding in the south.""Gracious," Roen said, reaching for the fruit bowl. "Have an apple, dear."

"Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?""Yes.""Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?""No," Brigan said gravely. "I've not eaten in two months. It's a hunger strike to protest the spring flooding in the south.""Gracious," Roen said, reaching for the fruit bowl. "Have an apple, dear."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Family, Hunger, Conflict, Care

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"A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences."

"A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

Family, Brother, Faults, Struggle

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"Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still."

"Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still."

Nancy Friday, American Author

Family, Mother, Negative

35

"That means you're my kid," I explained, "and I'm your mother, and nobody can say it isn't so."

"That means you're my kid," I explained, "and I'm your mother, and nobody can say it isn't so."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Family, Motherhood, Love, Identity

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"The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality."

"The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

Family, Society, Personality

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"Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program."

"Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program."

Louise Slaughter, American Politician

Family, Health, Women, Help

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"I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor."

"I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Family, Respect, Parenting, Truth, Gratitude

35

"Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units."

"Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units."

Valerie Solanas, American Writer

Family, Society, Community

35

"I thought about the cameras following me in the terminal and pictured my family watching my entrance on TV. I hoped they'd be proud."

"I thought about the cameras following me in the terminal and pictured my family watching my entrance on TV. I hoped they'd be proud."

Kiera Cass, American Novelist

Family, Pride, Truth, Observation

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