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"On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother."

"On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother."

Calamity Jane, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Father, Baby, October

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"I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family."

"I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family."

Andrew Vachss, American Author

Family, People, Joy

30

"I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist."

"I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist."

Marisa Tomei, American Actress

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"Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family."

"Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

Family, Society, Success, Liberals

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"Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry."

"Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry."

Walter Ulbricht, German Politician

Family, Planning, Will

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"I like throwing snowballs at small children."

"I like throwing snowballs at small children."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Family, Children

30

"You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us."

"You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us."

Birch Bayh, American Politician

Family, Values, Republicans

30

"It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me."

"It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me."

Barbara Mandrell, American Musician

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"I have English family in Northhampton and have been to England numerous times."

"I have English family in Northhampton and have been to England numerous times."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

Family, EnglEnglish

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"But when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too."

"But when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too."

Patrick Ness, American Author

Family, Choice, Relationship, Love

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"If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family."

"If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family."

Donna Reed, American Actress

Family, Health, Power, Money

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"There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life."

"There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life."

Michael Douglas, American Actor

Family, Life, Crisis, Divorce

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"When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."

"When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."

Alex Haley, American Novelist

Family, Ancestry, Earth, Talking

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"The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public."

"The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public."

Walter Winchell, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Public

30

"Fatherhood is the greatest education a man can ever receive."

"Fatherhood is the greatest education a man can ever receive."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Family, Fatherhood, Education, Responsibility, Truth

30

"Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town."

"Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town."

Faith Hill, American Musician

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"Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work."

"Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work."

Jeff Bingaman, American Politician

Family, Work, Society, Retirement

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"Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side."

"Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side."

William Wiley, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Influence, Irish

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"A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families."

"A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families."

Jim Bunning, American Politician

Family, Life, Children, Key

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"Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures."

"Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures."

Chaka Fattah, American Politician

Family, Children, Debt, Now, Will

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"As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans."

"As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans."

Xavier Becerra, American Politician

Family, Hope, Americans, Congress

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"When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children."

"When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children."

Marge Schott, American Businessman

Family, People, Children, Kids

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"When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family."

"When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family."

Jung Chang, British Writer

Family, Children, Parents, Party

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"Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother."

"Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother."

Beverly Jones, American Writer

Family, Mother, Now

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"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out."

"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out."

George Brett, American Athlete

Family, Sister, Kissing, Losing

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"In an extended family, anybody can bug out of his own house for months, and still be among relatives. Nobody has to go on a hopeless quest for friendly strangers, which is what most Americans have to do."

"In an extended family, anybody can bug out of his own house for months, and still be among relatives. Nobody has to go on a hopeless quest for friendly strangers, which is what most Americans have to do."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Family, Support, Community, Home

30

"Gracie's father was an engineer, her mother an accountant. I couldn't picture either one of them yelling or throwing things or having affairs. I could see my dad doing stuff like that. Trish sure did. But Dad carried a war in his skull, and Trish was a drunk. Gracie's parents didn't have anything like that to deal with, but their daughter was falling apart on the bathroom floor."

"Gracie's father was an engineer, her mother an accountant. I couldn't picture either one of them yelling or throwing things or having affairs. I could see my dad doing stuff like that. Trish sure did. But Dad carried a war in his skull, and Trish was a drunk. Gracie's parents didn't have anything like that to deal with, but their daughter was falling apart on the bathroom floor."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Family, Trauma, Struggle, Reality

30

"I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around."

"I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around."

Petra Nemcova, Czechoslovakian Model

Family, Friends, Now, Talk

30

"The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible."

"The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible."

Max Muller, German Educator

Family, Bible, First, Paradise

30

"I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy."

"I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy."

Marcel Carne, French Director

Family, Childhood, Forget

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"So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world."

"So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Family, Dance, World, Liza Minelli

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"Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue."

"Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Family, Law, Conflict, Strategy

30

"They caught up with each other's news casually, leaving long, cosy gaps of silence in which to go to work on their muffins and coffees. Jerome - after two months of having to be witty and brilliant in a strange town among strangers - appreciated the gift of it. People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two lovers, but this too was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating. ~ on the comforts of home."

"They caught up with each other's news casually, leaving long, cosy gaps of silence in which to go to work on their muffins and coffees. Jerome - after two months of having to be witty and brilliant in a strange town among strangers - appreciated the gift of it. People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two lovers, but this too was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating. ~ on the comforts of home."

Zadie Smith, British Novelist

Family, Happiness, Peace, Comfort

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"Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?"

"Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?"

Erica Jong, American Novelist

Family, Parenting, Truth, Wisdom, Observation

30

"Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood."

"Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood."

Rob Reiner, American Director

Family, Childhood, Crime

30

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

"Parents - especially step-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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"This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio."

"This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio."

Kenny Marchant, American Politician

Family, Values, Country, Television

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"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."

"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."

Peter Noone, English Actor

Family, Daughters, Fun, Mothers

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"Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler."

"Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Family, Daughters, Husbands, Wives

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"Not so cold, some snow fell. I went inside the log cabin and said goodbye to Mother, she was so alike grandmother, just younger."

"Not so cold, some snow fell. I went inside the log cabin and said goodbye to Mother, she was so alike grandmother, just younger."

Anders Zorn, Swedish Artist

Family, Mother, Goodbye, Snow

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"My sister is running away to get lost, but I am running away because I want to find something. And my parents love me so much that they want to help me. Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don't want their kids to be drunks."

"My sister is running away to get lost, but I am running away because I want to find something. And my parents love me so much that they want to help me. Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don't want their kids to be drunks."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Family, Escape, Hope, Identity

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"My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more."

"My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

Family, Father, Medicine

29

"My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old."

"My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

Family, Father, Old, Years

29

"If we have another 2,000 people killed, I want Nancy Pelosi and George Soros, John Conyers and Pat Leahy to go to the funeral and say, 'Your son was vaporized because we didn't want to dump some guy's head under water for 30 seconds.'"

"If we have another 2,000 people killed, I want Nancy Pelosi and George Soros, John Conyers and Pat Leahy to go to the funeral and say, 'Your son was vaporized because we didn't want to dump some guy's head under water for 30 seconds.'"

Peter King, American Politician

Family, Son, People, Want, Water

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"When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process."

"When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process."

Anita Desai, Indian Novelist

29

"In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat."

"In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat."

Anna Quindlen, American Journalist

Family, Time, People

29

"At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that Cal, in writing his story, is perhaps inventing his past as much as recalling it."

"At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that Cal, in writing his story, is perhaps inventing his past as much as recalling it."

Jeffrey Eugenides, American Novelist

Family, Time, Past, Sense

29

"When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue."

"When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue."

Prince Andrew, British Royalty

Family, Mind, Question

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"When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person."

"When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person."

David Kirk, New Zealander Athlete

Family, Brotherhood, Open, Newzealander

29

"A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family."

"A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

Family, Community, First

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