- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For young people in the U.K. who find themselves without anywhere to live - perhaps they have left the family home after a relationship breakdown, or to escape abuse, or have left care - it is far too easy to become trapped in a chain of misfortune, with little help from the state.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do a lot of writing about my family.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not all children have the anchor of a strong family.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
True, I do love finding something nice for my nearest and dearest, but there is still a pressure to find the perfect present for every member of the family.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was a little girl, my family has taken a holiday to Cornwall every spring half-term.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look at my gorgeous girl and boy, with their incredible zest for life, and I count my undoubted blessings. But there's no question about it: I wish I'd started my family sooner. Much much sooner.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, I could try IVF. But having watched my friend TV presenter Clare Nasir go through it, I know how tough the journey is. Emotional fool I may be, but even I can see that's too selfish a course of action to impose on my family.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My focus is supporting my family and children and whatever way that comes, in a healthy way, I'm gonna do it.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Secret River' began because, at the age of 50, I suddenly realised I knew nothing about how my own family had got its foothold in Australia.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020