- Love
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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.
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- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.
- Encouragement
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am no David Beckham. I have not changed my life since I was 15 years old. My family is the only thing that has changed for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a non-musical family.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020