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"The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries."

"The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries."

Gary Becker, American Economist

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"Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs."

"Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs."

Anthony Hecht, American Poet

Family, Children, Parents

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"We want to take care of our employees, because they take care of our family."

"We want to take care of our employees, because they take care of our family."

Harold Taylor, Canadian Politician

Family, Care, Employees, Want

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"That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all."

"That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all."

August Strindberg, Swedish Dramatist

Family, Father, Enemy

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"It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago's tallest buildings."

"It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago's tallest buildings."

George Barr McCutcheon, American Novelist

Family, Father, Chicago, Office, Pretty

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"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Family, Quarrels, Rules, Skin

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"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains."

"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

Family, Childhood, Mountains, Nothing, Summer

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"That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent."

"That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent."

Iain Duncan Smith, British Politician

Family, Children, Fashion, Kids, Parents

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"I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic."

"I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Family, Instinct, Parenting, Protection, Nature

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"Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with my family and then we all would figure out instrumentation together."

"Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with my family and then we all would figure out instrumentation together."

Daniel Smith, American Politician

Family, Guitar, Now, Song

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"But this is called show business, not show family."

"But this is called show business, not show family."

Alice Barrett, American Actress

Family, Business

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"There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man."

"There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man."

Ana Castillo, American Novelist

Family, Mother, Being, Man, Sexuality

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"The goodness of the mother is written in the gaiety of the child."

"The goodness of the mother is written in the gaiety of the child."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Family, Mother, Goodness, Joy, Love

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"We've always loved going to the movies. Our mom and dad are big movie fans. They'd take us on these movie orgys where we'd see sometimes three movies in a day."

"We've always loved going to the movies. Our mom and dad are big movie fans. They'd take us on these movie orgys where we'd see sometimes three movies in a day."

Andy Wachowski, American Director

Family, Dad, Mom, Movies, Day

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"I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want."

"I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want."

Lou Duva, American Coach

Family, Religion, Order, Want

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"For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad: she was in a very relaxed, understanding environment. I was very sympathetic towards her."

"For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad: she was in a very relaxed, understanding environment. I was very sympathetic towards her."

Jung Chang, British Writer

Family, Mother, Heart, Environment, Open

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"I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father."

"I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Family, Father, Hope, Children

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"I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close."

"I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

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"My family is more important than my party."

"My family is more important than my party."

Zell Miller, American Politician

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"You have to take this with you too, she said, opening a box and holding up a silver necklace with the Syriac cross (a crucifix with a budding flower shape on each tip) dangling from it. 'My mother gave it to me mother, who passed it to me. Now is the right time to give it to you. Not just because you're leaving and will need something that always connects you to your roots, but also because tonight we remember her."

"You have to take this with you too, she said, opening a box and holding up a silver necklace with the Syriac cross (a crucifix with a budding flower shape on each tip) dangling from it. 'My mother gave it to me mother, who passed it to me. Now is the right time to give it to you. Not just because you're leaving and will need something that always connects you to your roots, but also because tonight we remember her."

Zack Love, American Author

Family, Legacy, Faith, Memory

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"Childhood is the sleep of reason."

"Childhood is the sleep of reason."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Family, Childhood, Reason, Sleep

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"There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species."

"There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species."

Hugh Lofting, British Author

Family, Children

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"My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad."

"My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad."

Bill Forsyth, Scottish Director

Family, Sisters

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"My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that."

"My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that."

George J. Mitchell, American Politician

Family, Growingup, Parents, Poor

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"My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church."

"My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church."

Leverett Saltonstall, American Politician

Family, Church, Generations

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"The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved."

"The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved."

Jojo Moyes, British Novelist

Family, Love, Support, Children

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"I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position."

"I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position."

Carl Karcher, American Businessman

Family, Time, Company, Desire

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"Truths are the last thing you learn about your family. By the time you learn, you're no longer their child."

"Truths are the last thing you learn about your family. By the time you learn, you're no longer their child."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Family, Truth, Awareness, Discovery

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"Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family."

"Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family."

Dave Heineman, American Politician

Family, Work, Quality, Giving

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"The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me."

"The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me."

George Rogers Clark, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Old, State

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"I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it."

"I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

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"So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married."

"So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married."

George J. Mitchell, American Politician

Family, Mother, Father, Boston, Elderly

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"If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone."

"If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Family, Son, Leading, World

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"Our extended family is an integral part of our daily lives and Connie and I welcome you with open arms."

"Our extended family is an integral part of our daily lives and Connie and I welcome you with open arms."

Frank Jordan, American Politician

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"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Family, Brotherhood, World

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"There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren."

"There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Family, Achievement, Storytelling, Legacy

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"Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good."

"Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Family, Pride, Culture, Emotion

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"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed."

"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed."

Lou Brock, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Animals, Bed, Running

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"Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school."

"Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school."

Gwen Moore, American Politician

Family, Daughter, People, Ability, End

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"We must have black troops, and a limitless number of them too - paid and treated like their white brothers."

"We must have black troops, and a limitless number of them too - paid and treated like their white brothers."

Benjamin Lincoln, American Soldier

Family, Brothers, Troops

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"But I couldn't say any of this yet. No one answer felt it could contain anything close to the truth about her. My thoughts of my mother were wild chaos, I didn't know how to tell him we'd been enmeshed for as long as I could remember."

"But I couldn't say any of this yet. No one answer felt it could contain anything close to the truth about her. My thoughts of my mother were wild chaos, I didn't know how to tell him we'd been enmeshed for as long as I could remember."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Family, Memory, Chaos, Truth

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"I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around."

"I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around."

Adam West, American Actor

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"Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him."

"Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Family, Brother, Killing, Man

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"I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures."

"I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures."

Jane Smiley, American Writer

Family, Chaos, Children, Future

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"Parentage is a very important profession but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interests of the Children."

"Parentage is a very important profession but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interests of the Children."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Family, Profession, Children, Fitness, Responsibility

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"Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter."

"Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Family, Children

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"My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?"

"My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?"

Anthony Edwards, American Actor

Family, Being, Gain, Relationships

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"This is the role of the mother. And in that visit I really saw clearly, for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and also cuddles... but because in an interesting and and maybe an eerie and other worldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known."

"This is the role of the mother. And in that visit I really saw clearly, for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and also cuddles... but because in an interesting and and maybe an eerie and other worldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Family, Motherhood, Love, Protection

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"When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly."

"When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly."

Beryl Bainbridge, English Novelist

Family, Children

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"You and your siblings are the most precious part of my life. And of all my children, you have the most potential to go anywhere you wish in this world " your test scores and grades have always been among the highest of your peers. But it's clear now that you cannot reach your full potential in Syria."

"You and your siblings are the most precious part of my life. And of all my children, you have the most potential to go anywhere you wish in this world " your test scores and grades have always been among the highest of your peers. But it's clear now that you cannot reach your full potential in Syria."

Zack Love, American Author

Family, Potential, Future, Dream

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