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"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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"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."

"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."

Anita Diament, American Author

Family, Childhood

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"To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides."

"To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

Family, Honor, Respect

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"If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?"

"If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?"

Adam Schiff, American Politician

Family, Children, Constitution, Diversity, Giving

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"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."

"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

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"Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book."

"Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

Family, Government, States

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"Owl love you forever."

"Owl love you forever."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Family, Love, Commitment, Humor

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"I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely."

"I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely."

Joe Lando, American Actor

Family, Work, Lonely, Support

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"He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast."

"He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast."

Herbert Gold, American Author

Family, Childhood, Hurt

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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Family, Identity, People, Life

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"My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well."

"My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

Family, Dad, People

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"I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care."

"I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Family, Health, Friend, Care

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"Dee loves it here. Before you came, she spent most of her days here."To Daemon, my arrival was the beginning of the end. The apocalypse. Kat-mageddon. "You know, I'm not going to get your sister in trouble.""We'll see."

"Dee loves it here. Before you came, she spent most of her days here."To Daemon, my arrival was the beginning of the end. The apocalypse. Kat-mageddon. "You know, I'm not going to get your sister in trouble.""We'll see."

Jennifer L. Armentrout, American Author

Family, Humor, Observation, Conflict

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"I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch."

"I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Family, Positive, Example, Want

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"Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family."

"Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Family, Travel, Want

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"Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen."

"Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Family, Mom, Trying

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"I would rather start a family than finish one."

"I would rather start a family than finish one."

Don Marquis, American Poet

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"If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you're not really needed by your family, but you're there. And my kids like to know I'm there."

"If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you're not really needed by your family, but you're there. And my kids like to know I'm there."

Bob Seger, American Musician

Family, Work, Golf, Kids

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"Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family."

"Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

Family, Connection, Life, Happiness

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"Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father."

"Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Family, Mother, Father, Crime, May

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"As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened."

"As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened."

Augusten Burroughs, American Writer

Family, Childhood, Extreme

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"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."

"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."

David Leavitt, American Novelist

Family, Childhood

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"On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse. In the present case it took up ten minutes to determine whether the boy were most like his father or mother, and in what particular he resembled either, for of course every body differed, and every body was astonished at the opinion of the others."

"On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse. In the present case it took up ten minutes to determine whether the boy were most like his father or mother, and in what particular he resembled either, for of course every body differed, and every body was astonished at the opinion of the others."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Family, Children, Humor, Conversation

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"That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest."

"That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest."

Charles Tupper, Canadian Statesman

Family, Children, Justice, Man, Parents

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"Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with."

"Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with."

Oliver Hudson, American Actor

Family, Life, Blood, Nothing

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"My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance."

"My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Family, People, Hatred, Ignorance

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"Even his mother, his own mother, had once accused him of being a snob."

"Even his mother, his own mother, had once accused him of being a snob."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Family, Identity, Judgment, Conflict

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"I want all my friends, family and fans to know that I am in good spirits and I will be fine."

"I want all my friends, family and fans to know that I am in good spirits and I will be fine."

Lil' Kim, American Musician

Family, Fans, Friends, Spirits

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"There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life."

"There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

Family, Life, Work, Opportunity

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"I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house. But as far as shooting down there, we get amazing locations, and the crew is really, really stellar down there. They are really fun."

"I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house. But as far as shooting down there, we get amazing locations, and the crew is really, really stellar down there. They are really fun."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Family, Bed, Fun

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"Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way."

"Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way."

Holly Black, American Author

Family, Honesty, Love, Communication

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"Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical."

"Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical."

Georges Rouault, French Artist

Family, Mother, Father, Heart, Country

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"That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?"

"That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?"

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Family, Father, Man, Misery, Motive

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"Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family."

"Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family."

Alexis Korner, English Musician

34

"The Italians always made good wine, but you had the impression they were friendly guys in straw hats running family vineyards with slaves or something so that the vino was never more than ten bucks a bottle."

"The Italians always made good wine, but you had the impression they were friendly guys in straw hats running family vineyards with slaves or something so that the vino was never more than ten bucks a bottle."

Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic

Family, Impression, Running, Wine

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"She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrased and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all."

"She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrased and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Family, Emotion, Motherhood, Life

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"If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count."

"If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Family, Mother, Father, Class

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"I'm not going to live my life unhappy and why should he and we talk about it and I think what's great about the film is that it shows is the meaning of family doesn't have to be as traditional as it once was, like you can make a family."

"I'm not going to live my life unhappy and why should he and we talk about it and I think what's great about the film is that it shows is the meaning of family doesn't have to be as traditional as it once was, like you can make a family."

Nia Long, American Actress

Family, Life, Film, Meaning

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"Tennis just a game, family is forever."

"Tennis just a game, family is forever."

Serena Williams, American Athlete

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"There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone."

"There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Family, Children, End, Talking

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"One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model."

"One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model."

Lance Loud, American Actor

Family, Gay, Result

33

"If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center."

"If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

Family, Home, Money, Boys

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"I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person."

"I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

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"We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three."

"We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three."

Laurie Lee, English Poet

Family, Father, Living, Road

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"What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you."

"What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Family, Mother, Cooking

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"Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood."

"Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood."

George Takei, American Actor

Family, Father, People, Blood

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"Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels."

"Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels."

James S. Coleman, American Sociologist

Family, Children, Schools, Will

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"There have been trade-offs every day, every month, every year. There's a lot that I missed and I do have regrets in that area. But I have been able to bring to my family the richness of being a journalist."

"There have been trade-offs every day, every month, every year. There's a lot that I missed and I do have regrets in that area. But I have been able to bring to my family the richness of being a journalist."

Judy Woodruff, American Journalist

Family, Being, Day, Richness

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"My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda."

"My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda."

Rick Derringer, American Musician

Family, Wife, Writer, Writing

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"Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her."

"Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

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