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"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."

"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Family, Job, Support

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"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

Terence, Roman Writer

Family, Fathers, Judges

47

"We grew up with so much love in our family."

"We grew up with so much love in our family."

Payne Stewart, American Athlete

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"But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home."

"But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

Family, Home, Life, Music

47

"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."

"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Family, Communication, Listening

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"My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy."

"My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy."

Diana Ross, American Actress

47

"My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college."

"My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Family, College, First

47

"I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan."

"I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Dave Reichert, American Politician

Family, War, Peace, Afghanistan

47

"When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities."

"When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities."

William J. Clinton, American President

Family, Daughter, Successful, Hope, World

47

"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Love, Friends

47

"In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation."

"In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation."

James Young, American Musician

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"I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type."

"I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type."

Gary Cole, American Actor

Family, Money, Fact, Kids

47

"It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon."

"It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon."

Dawn French, British Comedian

47

"I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family."

"I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

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"A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children."

"A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

Family, Mother, Children

47

"One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere."

"One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere."

Guillaume Apollinaire, French Novelist

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"I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going."

"I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

Family, Kitchen, Old, Years

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"The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves."

"The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

Family, Children

47

"My mom died when I was 8."

"My mom died when I was 8."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

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"Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start."

"Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Family, Writers

47

"People voted with their hearts as they were remembering the father."

"People voted with their hearts as they were remembering the father."

Emile Lahoud, Lebanese Statesman

Family, Father, People

47

"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that."

"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that."

James Brown, American Musician

Family, Forget, Needs, Spiritual

47

"There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child."

"There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Heart, Love, Discovery

47

"I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess."

"I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Family, Father, Excess, Extreme, Personality

47

"There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else."

"There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Family, Mother, Key, Want, Woman

47

"What sustains me is to be with my family and to write."

"What sustains me is to be with my family and to write."

David Guterson, American Author

47

"The events of childhood do not pass, but repeat themselves like seasons of the year."

"The events of childhood do not pass, but repeat themselves like seasons of the year."

Eleanor Farjeon, English Writer

Family, Childhood, Events, Seasons

47

"The government is becoming the family of last resort."

"The government is becoming the family of last resort."

Jerry Brown, American Politician

Family, Government

47

"All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other."

"All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other."

George Eliot, British Author

Family, Father, End

47

"He plugged the phone into the outlet.It rang. Roman stared at it as if it were a viper. The phone rang again. He unplugged it. "There. "It can't be that bad, I told him. "Oh, it's bad. Roman nodded. "My dad refused to help my second sister buy a house, because he doesn't like her boyfriend. My mother called him and it went badly. She cursed him. Every time he urinates, the stream arches up and over."

"He plugged the phone into the outlet.It rang. Roman stared at it as if it were a viper. The phone rang again. He unplugged it. "There. "It can't be that bad, I told him. "Oh, it's bad. Roman nodded. "My dad refused to help my second sister buy a house, because he doesn't like her boyfriend. My mother called him and it went badly. She cursed him. Every time he urinates, the stream arches up and over."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Family, Conflict, Frustration, Life

47

"Parents never you make church and studying the word of God optional for your children. If they are in your house, get them up, teach them the word of God, the greatest awards, PhD or achievements any child could have is to grow up in the word of God. I and my family are living witness and it is extending to our third generation."

"Parents never you make church and studying the word of God optional for your children. If they are in your house, get them up, teach them the word of God, the greatest awards, PhD or achievements any child could have is to grow up in the word of God. I and my family are living witness and it is extending to our third generation."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Family, Parenting, God, Children, Teaching

47

"My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues."

"My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues."

John Hume, Irish Politician

Family, Father, Unemployment

47

"Family is the most important thing in the world."

"Family is the most important thing in the world."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

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"I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life."

"I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life."

Guy Lafleur, Canadian Athlete

Family, Life, Night

47

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

47

"My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well."

"My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Family, Mother, People, Children, Now

47

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers."

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Family, Children, Behavior, Observation, Truth

47

"If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father."

"If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father."

Scott McNealy, American Businessman

Family, Father, Brother, People, Being

47

"My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'."

"My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'."

Charles Barkley, American Athlete

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"Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it."

"Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it."

Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor

Family, Time, Being

46

"My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army."

"My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army."

Stuart Symington, American Businessman

Family, Father, Army, Military, Senate

46

"Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family."

"Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

Family, Religious, Training

46

"I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant."

"I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

Family, Dad, Death, Mother

46

"We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public."

"We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public."

Tipper Gore, American Celebrity

Family, Cities, Public, Tools

46

"Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount."

"Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Family, Imagination, People, Children

46

"My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese."

"My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese."

Jay London, American Comedian

46

"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."

"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."

Frank Howard Clark, American Writer

Family, Children, Parents

46

"I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults."

"I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

Family, Children

46

"My family, my parents are hippies."

"My family, my parents are hippies."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Family, Hippies, Parents

46

"If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal."

"If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal."

Trisha Goddard, English Entertainer

Family, Advice, Countries, Woman

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