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- 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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Pemberton, Wigan, and was born into a poor family. I grew up on a council estate. My dad was at first in the Army and then in the coal mines. My mother had four children by the time she was 23 so money was always tight.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope to spend more time with my family.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family!
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I want to start a family one day, and be involved in more charities, helping children.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've grown up with a lot of my family in the fashion industry, so I've wanted to be part of it for as long as I can remember.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have three stepfamilies as well as my family of origin. I've had to adjust to them and also go back and forth among them. I became an observer of human nature because when you are in those situations you have to be.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to soccer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a performer kid - like, annoyingly so. I would put on shows for my family and direct my friends in little plays, and my little sister, I'd make up dances with her. But when I was 12, that was when I started taking it seriously, and my mom for some reason believed in me and helped me find an agent in Cleveland, which did nothing for me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are a family of professionals, especially doctors. Thanks to my father, I got exposed to a whole lot of things. I call him a Renaissance man.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. I have to - to balance the family ticket.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing at Surrender because they let me be free and be myself... it's family, you know?
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had my heart broken in a lot of different ways a lot of different times by different people - whether it be a family member, a girlfriend, a friend, just all types of relying on people, making yourself vulnerable to people.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020