- Life
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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
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an amazing husband who is a strong man of God. He is very dedicated to me and our family.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'
- Nov 07, 2020
The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.
- Child Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a country that provides no subsidized child care and no mandatory family leave, no assurance of flexibility in the workplace for parents, no universal preschool and minimal safety nets for vulnerable families, making it a crime to offer children independence in effect makes it a crime to be poor.
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my husband. I love my family.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a daughter and a family.
- Other
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole family is tight. We all really love each other.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The divorce was rough on all of us. I don't blame Hollywood for my family's problems. But having all of it reported in the press made it more of an ordeal.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.
- Dungeon
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made classic records, and going into making 'R.A.P. Music,' I was determined to top the entire legacy of the 'Pledge' series, and the fact that I won a Grammy, and the fact that I was associated with OutKast, and the fact that I'm a Dungeon Family member.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was the only one who didn't bleach her skin. She was the one who kept her natural complexion. So yes, I consider her a role model. All of her other family members would say to us, 'Oh, your mom is so beautiful. She's lucky she kept her skin.' Those comments stayed with me.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my family, only my brother has a similar skin color. But in Senegal, the color is common.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love everything about Christmas - the food, the 24/7 family time, watching someone you care about open the perfect present - and '12 Days of Khrismas' allowed me to spread that energy throughout all my communities.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020