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"Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well."

"Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well."

Ellen Muth, American Actress

Family, People, Confidence

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"If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified."

"If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

Family, Prevention, Marriage, Children

31

"Providing working Minnesotans with at least seven days of paid sick leave every year is the right thing to do to. It benefits our families and helps our businesses become more worker friendly and family friendly."

"Providing working Minnesotans with at least seven days of paid sick leave every year is the right thing to do to. It benefits our families and helps our businesses become more worker friendly and family friendly."

Mark Dayton, American Politician

Family, Benefits, Right

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"You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the good mother, the kind of hippie painter, sweet and cute mother has no love for her daughter really."

"You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the good mother, the kind of hippie painter, sweet and cute mother has no love for her daughter really."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Family, Love, Mother, Daughter

31

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Family, Love, Memory, Connection

31

"Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings."

"Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings."

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

Family, Children, Future, Goodness, Nobility

31

"I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series."

"I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series."

Jerry Mathers, American Actor

Family, Home, Life, Mother

31

"I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and sing some of these songs at family things, and everyone always said I should record them."

"I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and sing some of these songs at family things, and everyone always said I should record them."

June Carter Cash, American Musician

Family, Home, Time, Songs

31

"So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids."

"So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Family, HusbFirst, Kids

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"One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others."

"One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others."

Craig Groeschel, American Author

Family, Home, Life, Restoration, Balance

31

"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."

"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

Family, Cure, Disease

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"Besides, there's nobody who is going to watch your back better than me. You know that. And that's why I'm going to be there with you, whenever there is, whenever you ask, and as long as I'm able, he said. It's what fathers do.Most father's don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives.They should be ashamed of themselves, Jake said."

"Besides, there's nobody who is going to watch your back better than me. You know that. And that's why I'm going to be there with you, whenever there is, whenever you ask, and as long as I'm able, he said. It's what fathers do.Most father's don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives.They should be ashamed of themselves, Jake said."

Janet Evanovich, American Novelist

Family, Protection, Responsibility, Support

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"I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family."

"I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family."

Ja Rule, American Musician

Family, Life, Love

31

"Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program."

"Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program."

Joe Baca, American Politician

Family, Children

30

"We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family."

"We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

Family, Fight, May

30

"And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family."

"And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

Family, Mother, Guitar, Play

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"A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family."

"A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Family, Support, Woman

30

"I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences."

"I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

30

"The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me."

"The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me."

Faith Hill, American Musician

30

"If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers."

"If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers."

Andrew Sullivan, American Journalist

Family, Gay, Law, Living

30

"My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didn't always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have."

"My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didn't always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Family, Mother, Childhood

30

"If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son."

"If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Family, Son, Losing, Man, Will

30

"We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family."

"We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family."

Darius Rucker, American Musician

Family, Time, Church

30

"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."

"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

Family, Nature, Language, Man

30

"Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children."

"Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children."

Agnes Smedley, American Journalist

Family, Children, Germany, Harvest

30

"Home isn't a place, its a feeling."

"Home isn't a place, its a feeling."

Cecelia Ahern, Irish Novelist

Family, Home, Comfort, Love, Emotion

30

"In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians."

"In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians."

Jack Irons, American Musician

Family, First, Musicians

30

"When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue."

"When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

Family, War, Growingup, Reputation

30

"I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that."

"I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that."

Janet Jackson, American Musician

Family, Baby, Mind, Will

30

"Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation."

"Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation."

Robert Teeter, American Politician

Family, Time, Christmas, Presidency

30

"One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life."

"One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

Family, Life, Sports, Experience

30

"Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows."

"Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows."

Al Unser, American Athlete

30

"My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted."

"My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Family, Childhood, May

30

"The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful."

"The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

30

"If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole."

"If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole."

Bob Dole, American Politician

Family, Children

30

"The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system."

"The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

30

"I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!"

"I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!"

Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician

Family, Father, Girlfriends, Sisters

30

"You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's."

"You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's."

Vance Packard, American Writer

30

"Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it."

"Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

Family, Mother, Nonsense, Old, Talking

30

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."

Alice Walker, American Author

Family, Mothers, Names

30

"And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way."

"And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way."

John Boehner, American Politician

Family, Marriage, Positive, Children

30

"When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief."

"When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

Family, Children, Nothing

30

"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family."

"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

Family, Women, Life, Children

30

"Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children."

"Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Family, Children, Rights

30

"Holidays are the best. I couldn't imagine being from a small family."

"Holidays are the best. I couldn't imagine being from a small family."

Kim Kardashian, American Celebrity

Family, Being, Holidays

30

"Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of for the rest of your life. People gave it to him, and he passed it on to us."

"Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of for the rest of your life. People gave it to him, and he passed it on to us."

Benny Green, British Musician

Family, Life, People, Care

30

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family."

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family."

Joachim du Bellay, French Poet

Family, Life, Man, Rest

30

"You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism."

"You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Family, Father, People, Listening, Racism

30

"What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future."

"What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future."

Brad Henry, American Politician

Family, Love, Faith, Compassion

30

"Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves."

"Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves."

William Petty, English Economist

Family, Mother, Father, Wealth, Killing

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