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"Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it."

"Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it."

Mario Andretti, American Celebrity

Family, Passion

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"Then my mother had several strokes and my father, who was 85, couldn't handle it, so Donna came back and we went through the same thing here. She lives in Mill Valley; her group is organizing this event."

"Then my mother had several strokes and my father, who was 85, couldn't handle it, so Donna came back and we went through the same thing here. She lives in Mill Valley; her group is organizing this event."

Sally Quinn, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Father

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"I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something."

"I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

Family, Life, Rights, Majority

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"I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father."

"I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father."

Thomas Campbell, Scottish Poet

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"My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done."

"My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done."

Harry Mathews, American Author

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"Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years."

"Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years."

Anthony Powell, British Novelist

Family, Children, Disappointment, Parents, Promise

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"The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises."

"The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Family, Talent, Idea, Humanity

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"My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood."

"My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood."

Paula Danziger, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Thought, People

31

"Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place."

"Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place."

Margaret Drabble, English Novelist

Family, Life, Choices

31

"Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family."

"Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family."

Mink Stole, American Actress

Family, Travel, Adventure, Company

31

"At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children."

"At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children."

Mark Kennedy, American Politician

Family, Children, Decisions, Help, Parents

31

"It is much easier to become a father than to be one."

"It is much easier to become a father than to be one."

Kent Nerburn, American Author

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"I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer."

"I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer."

Max Weinberg, American Musician

Family, Credit, May, Trying

31

"It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him."

"It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Father, Pleasure, Writer

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"Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother."

"Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Family, Mother, Father, Psychoanalysis

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"There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together."

"There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

Family, Jobs, May, Order

31

"My father was something of a rainbow-chaser."

"My father was something of a rainbow-chaser."

Marc Davis, American Artist

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"You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry."

"You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry."

Graham Kennedy, Australian Entertainer

Family, American, Old, Style

31

"I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!"

"I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!"

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

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"In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths."

"In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths."

Mary Antin, Russian Activist

Family, Father, Day, Evening, First

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"I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant."

"I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant."

Leah Ward Sears, American Judge

Family, Time, African, Country

31

"There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear."

"There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Family, Mom, Fear, Nothing

31

"Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer."

"Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer."

James Cronin, American Physicist

Family, Chicago, Christmas, Summer

31

"I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country."

"I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Family, Movies, Country

31

"If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself."

"If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself."

Stuart Appleby, Australian Athlete

31

"Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated."

"Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated."

David Dinkins, American Politician

Family, Mother, Father

31

"I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit."

"I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit."

Debi Thomas, American Athlete

31

"The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience."

"The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

Family, Romance, Film, Songs

31

"Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids."

"Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids."

Mink Stole, American Actress

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"I generally wake up, exercise and read through a huge amount of newspapers. I get to the office somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 - my brothers and I are always the first ones in."

"I generally wake up, exercise and read through a huge amount of newspapers. I get to the office somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 - my brothers and I are always the first ones in."

Ivanka Trump, American Businessman

Family, Brothers, Exercise, First, Newspapers

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"I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty."

"I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Family, Publishing, Right, Schools

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"A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction."

"A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Family, Awareness, Liberals, Popular

31

"Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family."

"Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family."

Sam Rivers, American Musician

Family, Mother, Father, Musicians

31

"My mother was, for the most part, delighted with my brother and regarded him with the bemused curiosity of a brood hen discovering she has hatched a completely different species. 'I think it was very nice of Paul to give me this vase,' she once said, arranging a bouquet of wildflowers into the skull-shaped bong my brother had left on the kitchen table. 'It's nontraditional, but that's the Rooster's way. He's a free spirit, and we're lucky to have him."

"My mother was, for the most part, delighted with my brother and regarded him with the bemused curiosity of a brood hen discovering she has hatched a completely different species. 'I think it was very nice of Paul to give me this vase,' she once said, arranging a bouquet of wildflowers into the skull-shaped bong my brother had left on the kitchen table. 'It's nontraditional, but that's the Rooster's way. He's a free spirit, and we're lucky to have him."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Family, Humor, Individual, Acceptance

31

"THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died."

"THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died."

John Sergeant Wise, American Author

Family, Mother, Autumn, Deep

31

"I think we'll still be a family restaurant, we'll be contemporary, we'll be lifestyle, we won't be old, we won't be 60 years old in the view of the consumer."

"I think we'll still be a family restaurant, we'll be contemporary, we'll be lifestyle, we won't be old, we won't be 60 years old in the view of the consumer."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Family, Old, Years

31

"All revolutions devour their own children."

"All revolutions devour their own children."

Ernst Rohm, German Soldier

Family, Children

31

"Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad."

"Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad."

Max Cannon, American Artist

Family, Dad, Character

31

"Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother."

"Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother."

Boyle Roche, Irish Politician

Family, Brother, England, Ireland, Sisters

31

"The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that is as great as it is consoling: that of bringing into the world and forming young souls capable of happiness and love, souls capable of sanctification and transformation in Christ."

"The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that is as great as it is consoling: that of bringing into the world and forming young souls capable of happiness and love, souls capable of sanctification and transformation in Christ."

Thomas Merton, American Author

Family, Faith, Obligation, Happiness

31

"My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty."

"My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty."

Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician

Family, Mother, Commercialism, Extravagance, Illness

31

"In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family."

"In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

Family, Life, Investigation, Style

31

"Dire poverty drives this mother back again to the factory (no intelligent person will say she goes willingly)."

"Dire poverty drives this mother back again to the factory (no intelligent person will say she goes willingly)."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Family, Mother, Poverty, Will

31

"I was dictating to my mother when I was 5."

"I was dictating to my mother when I was 5."

Judith Rossner, American Novelist

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"For as long as I can remember, my father saved. He saves money, he saves disfigured sticks that resemble disfigured celebrities, and most of all, he saves food. Cherry tomatoes, sausage biscuits, the olives plucked from other people's martinis --he hides these things in strange places until they are rotten. And then he eats them."

"For as long as I can remember, my father saved. He saves money, he saves disfigured sticks that resemble disfigured celebrities, and most of all, he saves food. Cherry tomatoes, sausage biscuits, the olives plucked from other people's martinis --he hides these things in strange places until they are rotten. And then he eats them."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Family, Observation, Life, Father, Memory

31

"As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks."

"As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Family, Mother, Feelings, Artist, Want

31

"It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia."

"It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia."

Henry Lawson, Australian Writer

Family, Children, Fact, Now, Public

31

"Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind."

"Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind."

Elizabeth Moon, American Author

Family, Mother, Mind, Now

31

"My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything dangerous, thank God."

"My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything dangerous, thank God."

Bob Balaban, American Actor

31

"If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family."

"If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family."

Rocco Buttiglione, American Politician

Family, Choices, Investment, Poverty

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