- 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
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was determined to become a footballer, not only because I loved the game but so I could provide for my family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
- Nov 07, 2020
My family thinks I'm crazy and weird.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is filled with amazingly talented painters, musicians, vocalists.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved writing, and my heritage has been interesting, growing up in a bi-cultural family. My mother being Vietnamese and my father being French, it's like an East-West meeting in my house.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm basically a happy person. I'm content with my life and my wife and my family. But you do reach a point where you start to question the absolutes that are supposedly out there, and you realize that there simply are no absolutes.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized, year of the tiger was 1974, which was the year my father passed away when I was a kid... My family, at that point, were Christian Scientists. So basically, this woman Mary Baker Eddy started this in the 1800s, and the premise is that you don't go to doctors. You believe that God is gonna heal you.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel like I really hit puberty until I was almost 17. I'd go to dinner with my family, and I'm 15 or 16 years old, and the waiter was still giving me the children's menu.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very hard to be a family man, a father, a husband, an independent wrestler, and a police officer.
- High Priority
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I had a sense of the importance of commerce and trade to everyday life. Our family lived in several countries, and I was fascinated by the free exchange of goods and services between individuals and companies - the way both parties could benefit.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I believe in God. I'm a very spiritual person, and parts of my family are Christian. I really started believing in God at the beginning of this music stuff. Everything that's happened I have spoken into existence.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say to my friends and my family, 'Let us live in a space that if we never see each other again we don't have bad energy there.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got roles from good production houses, though I wasn't keen on them, as I was asked to - and I won't - wear a bikini in a film. I'm not conservative, as I'd wear it on holidays, but definitely not in front of the camera. I have to think of my family.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always looked for growth, and in TV, you are as good as your last show. So I only care about my personal space, my family, and close friends.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard already there is good food in Guangzhou. I will try this a lot. I think my family will enjoy it as well here.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020