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"My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did."

"My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did."

Phil McGraw, American Psychologist

Family, Dad, Thought, People, Worry

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"It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost."

"It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost."

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Family, Mother, Feelings, Children, Emotions

27

"I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding."

"I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding."

Brian Littrell, American Musician

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"The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother."

"The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother."

Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

Family, Mother, First

27

"Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than ever, Alice thought never being bothered was a very lazy way to love someone."

"Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than ever, Alice thought never being bothered was a very lazy way to love someone."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Family, Parenting, Effort, Neglect, Understanding

27

"I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession."

"I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession."

Simone Signoret, German Actress

Family, Actor, Day, First

27

"My father's sister never married in order to raise me."

"My father's sister never married in order to raise me."

Marcel Carne, French Director

Family, Father, Sister, Order

27

"I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio."

"I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

Family, Canada, Old, Years

27

"A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate."

"A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate."

Vincent Frank, American Author

Family, Home, People, Crime

27

"My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong."

"My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong."

Margaret Walker, American Poet

Family, Memories, Quick, Words

27

"We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit."

"We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit."

Dixie Carter, American Actor

Family, Father, Children

27

"My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more."

"My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more."

Pete Rose, American Athlete

Family, Father, Practice

27

"My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area."

"My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area."

George J. Mitchell, American Politician

Family, Mother, Father, Son, Boston

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"My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle - aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it."

"My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle - aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it."

Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian

Family, Pride, Memory, Emotion

27

"No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted."

"No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Family, Blood, Marketing, Professionals

27

"It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry."

"It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Family, Elegance, Old

27

"The winning strategy is the one that successfully adapts to the changing circumstances of time, place, and person."

"The winning strategy is the one that successfully adapts to the changing circumstances of time, place, and person."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Family, Strategy, Adaptation, Success, Change

27

"I stayed close to my family. My family never changed."

"I stayed close to my family. My family never changed."

Haywood Nelson, American Actor

27

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

Nancy Friday, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Gratitude, Children

27

"I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet."

"I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet."

Jung Chang, British Writer

Family, Mother, People, Baby, Feet

27

"My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out."

"My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

Family, Acting, Choice, College

27

"We all agree that parents have the primary responsibility of filtering the material that reaches children. However, children are often lured onto websites containing obscene material through the devious manipulation of search engines."

"We all agree that parents have the primary responsibility of filtering the material that reaches children. However, children are often lured onto websites containing obscene material through the devious manipulation of search engines."

Robert A. Brady, American Politician

Family, Children, Manipulation, Parents, Responsibility

27

"My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played."

"My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

Family, Father, Children, Day, Old

27

"Just everything else, Mum. I just have everything else from you."

"Just everything else, Mum. I just have everything else from you."

Fredrik Backman, Swedish Author

Family, Love, Memory, Connection

27

"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires."

"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires."

Dorothy Parker, American Poet

Family, Home, Children, Environment

27

"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."

"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."

Sister Parish, American Designer

Family, Sister, Husbbeing, Confusion, Woman

27

"There was mental and physical abuse in my family."

"There was mental and physical abuse in my family."

Erin Moran, American Actress

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"When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."

"When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."

Albert Shanker, American Educator

Family, Children, School

26

"When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win."

"When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win."

Joe Frazier, American Athlete

Family, Brother, Pity

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"I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like."

"I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like."

Sting, British Musician

26

"In today's economy, it's more common to need two incomes to raise a family."

"In today's economy, it's more common to need two incomes to raise a family."

John Fisher, English Clergyman

Family, Economy, Today

26

"The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself."

"The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself."

Nancy Friday, American Author

26

"It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future."

"It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future."

Kent Conrad, American Politician

Family, Children, Eating, Future, Habits

26

"I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue."

"I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue."

David Cameron, British Politician

Family, Children, Conservative, Economy, Interest

26

"It's as though all the terms of a family were present at one time rather than his dad and his mum. Not just a present authority, but the resident memory of what qualifies what else is the case."

"It's as though all the terms of a family were present at one time rather than his dad and his mum. Not just a present authority, but the resident memory of what qualifies what else is the case."

Robert Creeley, American Poet

Family, Dad, Time, Authority

26

"I grew up in a great family."

"I grew up in a great family."

Brian McBride, American Athlete

26

"You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child."

"You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child."

Dogen, Japanese Leader

Family, Mother, Study

26

"He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that."

"He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that."

Alan Lomax, American Writer

Family, Father, Audiences, Country, Songs

26

"Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!"

"Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!"

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Family, Faith, God, Loss, Rarity

26

"I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism."

"I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

Family, Dad, Road, Saying, Socialism

26

"Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to."

"Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Family, Fatherhood, Expectation, Life

26

"Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views."

"Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

26

"Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree."

"Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree."

Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician

Family, Children, College, Promise, School

26

"But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people."

"But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

Family, Brother, Thought, People, Fight

26

"I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me."

"I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me."

Antonio Villaraigosa, American Politician

26

"Let us tackle the big issues with bold ideas that transform Iowa to accomplish our shared mission to grow Iowa, and realize our shared vision of Iowa as the best place to live, work and raise a family."

"Let us tackle the big issues with bold ideas that transform Iowa to accomplish our shared mission to grow Iowa, and realize our shared vision of Iowa as the best place to live, work and raise a family."

Thomas Vilsack, American Politician

Family, Work, Ideas, Vision

26

"Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more."

"Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more."

Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist

Family, Children, Temperament

26

"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."

"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."

Gloria Vanderbilt, American Designer

Family, Mother, Soul, Rest

26

"If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to do as Chairman Mao said. It was not possible to tell them anything else."

"If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to do as Chairman Mao said. It was not possible to tell them anything else."

Jung Chang, British Writer

Family, Children, Parents, Ruin

26

"When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'."

"When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'."

Tom Hooper, British Director

Family, Dad, Mother, Father, Being

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