- Girl
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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
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit surreal but kind of fun. You can play with the whole family.
- Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a family rooted in the arts, so I think I naturally gravitated towards performing from an early age.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a family that loved what they did every day, and they never stopped.
- Difficult Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I chose not to go home and struggle with the New York scene. My size sort of locked me out. I was too short for the stage. I would have been doing character roles, so I went to Los Angeles. There is a lot more happening out there. I also felt it was important to break away from my family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me.
- Privacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.
- Nov 07, 2020
My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020