- Nov 07, 2020
Family Quotes
On heritage, closeness and the pull of family.
These quotes touch on family in different forms: a sports club described as having a family feel, and personal reflections on growing up within a close, sometimes insular, family circle. For devotional lines on family, see our Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost everyone who reaches a plateau where he or she is happy and comfortable says it's because of finding balance between work, relaxation, exercise, socialising and family - plus some alone time to do something contemplative, creative, or educational.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background is in biology. Before getting into the family business, I worked at the Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California at Santa Cruz, fundraising for them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.
- Debilitating
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have all witnessed, as well, family, friends, or medical workers who have chosen to provide years of loving care to persons who may suffer from Alzheimer's or other debilitating illnesses precisely because they are human persons, not because doing so instrumentally advances some other hidden objective.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a young kid, the best stuff on television was always the BBC period dramas - it was what we sat down as a family to watch and what people talked about and looked forward to.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
It will be a Maharashtrian wedding that will happen in early 2020; I plan to wear a saree for the main rituals. This is what we are looking at right now. But we have to take a call on whether we will go all out or to make it a small family affair.
- Mom And Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody in our family's ever recalled seeing my mom and dad speak a harsh word to one another.
- Partner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kuwait has been a strong partner to the United States, and the royal family has maintained an enduring and sincere friendship with my family for generations.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not unusual for children to follow the paths cut by their parents. You frequently see the children of doctors enter medicine, military members' children enlist. In my family, we witnessed different forms of public and community service.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020