- 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
- Letters
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.
- Key
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is not a family of privilege by any stretch of the imagination. Our family is very low key.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.
- Broadway Shows
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my first two Broadway shows when I was 4 years old, 'The Lion King' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' and after both of them I came home and reenacted the entirety of the shows on my living room table for my family and friends. I started doing that after every show I saw until I actually did my first youth production when I was 5.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once ran away from home because I was upset with my parents! I didn't get farther than a few feet into the woods, where I hid behind a tree. Sometimes you feel like you should just go out and rebel, and then you realize it's not the right thing to do. You've got to stay true to your family.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite app is, without a doubt, Instagram. It's such a fun way to share photos and life's captured moments with friends, family and fans.
- Bible
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I literally have over a thousand emails in my inbox that need to be returned. I'm sure all of my friends and certain family members are like, 'Oh, look who got nominated for an Emmy and doesn't want to write me an email back!' I need a good few hours to just sit and get on the phone.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020