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Family Quotes

"To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies."

"To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies."

Red Auerbach, American Coach

Family, Father, Future, Past

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"I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it."

"I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

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"I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings."

"I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings."

Tim Hardaway, American Athlete

Family, Son, Meetings, Practice, School

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"I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me."

"I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me."

Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress

Family, Work, Competition, Favorite

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"As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones."

"As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones."

Jon Porter, American Politician

Family, Congress, Importance

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"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Church, Approval, State

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"I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms."

"I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

Family, Love, Idea, Potential

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"At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum."

"At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Family, Children, Parents, Schools

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"If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account."

"If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Family, Life, Marriage, Women

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"You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian."

"You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

Family, Mother, Father, Son

34

"You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can."

"You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Family, Life, People, Privacy

34

"When I was 20 or 21, I didn't... I won't say care about anything, but you're like in your own world - you made something that you always wanted to do, and then you kind of think only about your family and yourself."

"When I was 20 or 21, I didn't... I won't say care about anything, but you're like in your own world - you made something that you always wanted to do, and then you kind of think only about your family and yourself."

Thierry Henry, French Athlete

Family, Care, World

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"I'm very proud of Family Ties. It's meant a lot to a lot of people."

"I'm very proud of Family Ties. It's meant a lot to a lot of people."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

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"You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. And we experienced the same things that we experienced in our own family."

"You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. And we experienced the same things that we experienced in our own family."

Tom Bosley, American Actor

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"I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that."

"I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that."

Cathy Freeman, Australian Athlete

Family, Mother, First, Reason, Trying

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"For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place."

"For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place."

John M. McHugh, American Politician

Family, Fathers, Founding, Freedom, Pursuit

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"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."

"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."

John Mortimer, English Novelist

Family, Children, Fault, Succeed

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"And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view of enjoyment people shouldn't miss them, and I got every word of his that I could, and I could see by hard argument there was only the one way for it."

"And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view of enjoyment people shouldn't miss them, and I got every word of his that I could, and I could see by hard argument there was only the one way for it."

Ruth Pitter, British Musician

Family, Thought, People, Argument

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"I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness."

"I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness."

Egon Schiele, Austrian Artist

Family, Father, Sadness

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"My brother and Lauren are very close with me and they are in Sun Valley, so sometimes I need to go there and feel their presence. And there are times I need to see my bro' alone."

"My brother and Lauren are very close with me and they are in Sun Valley, so sometimes I need to go there and feel their presence. And there are times I need to see my bro' alone."

Picabo Street, American Athlete

Family, Brother, Sun

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"Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper."

"Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Family, Mother, Father, Film

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"In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it."

"In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

Family, Feelings, Purpose, Strength

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"That has always been it for me: family first."

"That has always been it for me: family first."

Leslie Banks, British Actor

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"Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family."

"Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family."

Julie Walters, British Actress

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"As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."

"As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

Family, Fathers, Parents

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"I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun."

"I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun."

George Catlin, American Artist

Family, Fathers, Fire, Hunting, Sadness

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"But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to."

"But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

Family, Career, Friends, Thinking

34

"France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws."

"France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws."

Joachim du Bellay, French Poet

Family, Mother, France, Laws

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"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally."

"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

Family, Daughter, Affection, Children, Now

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"Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies."

"Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies."

Clive Owen, English Actor

Family, First, Parenthood

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"Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends."

"Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

Family, Life, Daughters, Friends

34

"I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope."

"I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Family, Society, Deals, Film

34

"I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do."

"I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do."

Dawn Powell, American Writer

Family, Baby, Dawn, Mind, Will

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"Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture."

"Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Family, Society, Children, Paradise

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"Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday."

"Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

Family, Birthday, Mother, Conversation, Honor

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"Every man should see the birth of his children."

"Every man should see the birth of his children."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

Family, Children, Man

34

"Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit."

"Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit."

John Zimmerman, American Athlete

Family, Merit, Pride

34

"Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is."

"Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is."

Nigel Kneale, English Writer

Family, Brother, Silly

34

"I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity."

"I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

Family, Opportunity, Accident

34

"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."

"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."

Nelson Algren, American Novelist

Family, Mom, Cards, Man, Play

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"Night is the mother of counsels."

"Night is the mother of counsels."

George Herbert, British Poet

Family, Mother, Night

34

"I am glad that I do not have any children."

"I am glad that I do not have any children."

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Family, Children

34

"I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things."

"I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things."

Rob Lowe, American Actor

Family, Life, Now

34

"The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family."

"The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family."

Ann Robinson, American Actress

Family, Men, Women, Ability

34

"One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad."

"One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad."

Jim DeMint, American Politician

Family, Dad, Mom, Blessings, Parents

34

"My father was the best man in the world and probably worth a hundred of me, but he didn't understand me. The town he lived in and the town I lived in were not the same."

"My father was the best man in the world and probably worth a hundred of me, but he didn't understand me. The town he lived in and the town I lived in were not the same."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Family, Understanding, Truth, Observation, Wisdom

34

"I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world."

"I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world."

Amos Oz, Israeli Writer

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"My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job."

"My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job."

Ed Bradley, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Job

34

"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something."

"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

Family, Obligation

34

"With regard to my family as I said nothing upon the subject before I may tell you that I have six children living, 1 dead and before I have the pleasure of seeing you I expect another."

"With regard to my family as I said nothing upon the subject before I may tell you that I have six children living, 1 dead and before I have the pleasure of seeing you I expect another."

John Hawley, American Politician

Family, Children, Living, May

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