- Dad
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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
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got nine generations of farmers in my family, in Warwickshire. And I do feel connected to being a farmer's son. There was a time when I didn't, when I rebelled against it, but there's certainly that sort of work ethic within me.
- Hampshire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a lot of time outdoors.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is Abenaki Indian on my mother's side. My father's side of the family is Slovak, and we also have some English ancestry.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He broke his back and was disabled, and the first memory I have of him is in the hospital. My mother was a working mother - she had two jobs. Everybody in the house had to help out.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first in my family to go to college, and so, growing up, I thought that dressing well opened doors.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved clothes. I grew up in a blue-collar family, but I loved old movies and seeing all those dashing leading men.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020