- Peace
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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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew since third grade I wanted to be Jim Carrey. His freedom, his goofiness, his crazy, loud, sudden energy. I told my family I was going to be a pediatrician, but in the back of my mind, I was like, 'Nope, I'm going to be the biggest movie star ever.'
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to conquer the world and it seems like my own family is putting a stop to that.
- Good Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our family are all very hard working.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my mom, Mercedes, and her younger sister, Juanita, first came from Puerto Rico, they were the youngest in the family. They had to jump into a new community and really learn English, assimilate, and adapt - and I saw that. I grew up in that community.
- You
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really have to prove yourself and prove your worth. I didn't come from family that had been here for generations and had all these connections.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A person's current personality of love, hatred, jealousy, rage or a murderous intent and so on is formed upon genetic elements, education, the environment and a family a person grows in.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the French culture, they talk politics. I didn't find it was part of our culture to have political arguments at the table. My husband's family will get into major politics, and it's not an aggressive thing. It's so interesting and you learn so much, whether it's Right or Left, and that to me has been really great.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sadly, it runs in my damn family, and that disease is a mystery to just about every scientist! We are definitely interested in finding a cure for ALS! Cure it already!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020