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"It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them."

"It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place."

"It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Family, Children, Parents

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"My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me."

"My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

Family, Dad, Pressure

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"I think here in America the space programme was such an enticing thing to be going on, that the thought of a family being able to go into space and live up there was really kind of mind-bending at the time."

"I think here in America the space programme was such an enticing thing to be going on, that the thought of a family being able to go into space and live up there was really kind of mind-bending at the time."

Angela Cartwright, British Actress

Family, Time, Thought, America

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"My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county."

"My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

Family, Brothers, School

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"To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed."

"To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

Family, Children, May, Parents, Project

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"We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that."

"We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that."

Prince William, British Royalty

Family, Marriage, First, Kids

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"If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself."

"If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself."

Bernard Meltzer, American Lawyer

Family, Life, Business, Being

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"You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out."

"You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Family, Children, World

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"But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses."

"But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses."

Jerome K. Jerome, English Author

Family, Mother, Man

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"Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle."

"Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle."

Freya Stark, English Writer

Family, Soul, Giants, Race

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"Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children."

"Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Family, Parenting, Children, Health, Change

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"The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses."

"The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses."

Anselm Kiefer, German Artist

Family, Childhood, Houses, Project, Reason

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"It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents."

"It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents."

Paul Weyrich, American Critic

Family, Children, Classroom, Conversation, Parents

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"Mom?" Mother turned to Grandmother."What?""She's going to lunch with her kidnapper!""Take a picture for me," Grandma said."

"Mom?" Mother turned to Grandmother."What?""She's going to lunch with her kidnapper!""Take a picture for me," Grandma said."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Family, Humor, Absurdity, Calm

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"Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never."

"Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never."

Anna Jameson, British Writer

Family, Childhood, Man, Visit, Youth

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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 is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living."

"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

Family, Living, Principles

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"When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around."

"When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around."

Black Elk, American Leader

Family, Mother, Father, Right

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"I told him, though, that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I told him to remember that you're my sister. I loved you first. (Riley to her sister Alice about Paul)"

"I told him, though, that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I told him to remember that you're my sister. I loved you first. (Riley to her sister Alice about Paul)"

Ann Brashares, American Author

Family, Love, Protection, Loyalty

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"My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing."

"My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Work, Summer, Umpire

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"Her mother admonished through closed lips, the sound a mother can make mean anything from "pick up your socks" to "we are very disappointed you have murdered those orphans."

"Her mother admonished through closed lips, the sound a mother can make mean anything from "pick up your socks" to "we are very disappointed you have murdered those orphans."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Family, Motherhood, Emotion, Disappointment, Warning

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"Will I be some kid's dad one day? Are any future people lurking deep inside mine?...Which girl's carrying the other half of my kid, deep in those intricate loops? What's she doing right now? What's her name?"

"Will I be some kid's dad one day? Are any future people lurking deep inside mine?...Which girl's carrying the other half of my kid, deep in those intricate loops? What's she doing right now? What's her name?"

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Family, Future, Life, Wonder

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"A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him."

"A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power, Truth

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"I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it."

"I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it."

Perry Como, American Musician

Family, Day, Fish

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"I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me."

"I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me."

Kate Smith, American Musician

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"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family."

"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family."

Anita Baker, American Musician

Family, Home, Fortune

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"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women."

"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women."

Louise Slaughter, American Politician

Family, Health, Women

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"The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there."

"The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there."

Mike Weir, Canadian Athlete

Family, Father, Winning, Being, Fame

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"And my father, after all, was a nationalist."

"And my father, after all, was a nationalist."

Heinrich Mann, German Novelist

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"I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time."

"I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Family, Time, Women, Successful

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"His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected."

"His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected."

Emma Willard, American Activist

Family, Daughter, Conversation, Manufacturing, Mind

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"If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence."

"If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence."

David McCallum, Scottish Actor

Family, Wife, Existence, Romantic

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"Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother."

"Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother."

Liz Smith, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Being

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"And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly what they want, but what they want to accomplish for themselves or their community or their family."

"And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly what they want, but what they want to accomplish for themselves or their community or their family."

Lawrence Halprin, American Architect

Family, Vision, Community, Want

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"Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful."

"Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

Family, Business, Father, Truth

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"Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve."

"Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Family, Work, People

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"The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home."

"The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

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"Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced."

"Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

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"But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations."

"But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations."

Patricia Richardson, American Actress

Family, Mother, Father, Money

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"There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren."

"There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren."

Mitch McConnell, American Politician

Family, Children, Improvement, Security, Sound

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"My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career."

"My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Family, Mother, Career, Culture

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"I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare."

"I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare."

Barbara Mikulski, American Politician

Family, Mother, Father, Policy, Honor

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"I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there."

"I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there."

Cornelia Funke, German Author

Family, Brother, Children, Earth, Will

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"I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one."

"I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Family, Children, Will

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"I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!"

"I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!"

Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete

Family, Brothers, Play

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"Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go."

"Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go."

James Van Allen, American Physicist

Family, Thought, University

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"There are times everyone needs to be together for me and we all just work together; making sure that my energy is good and right when I go do what I'm going to do. That means the family needs to spend time together."

"There are times everyone needs to be together for me and we all just work together; making sure that my energy is good and right when I go do what I'm going to do. That means the family needs to spend time together."

Picabo Street, American Athlete

Family, Time, Work, Energy

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"Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra."

"Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Family, Home, Time, Mother

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"Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community."

"Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community."

Robin Hayes, American Politician

Family, Children, Community, Law, Living

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