- 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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a wrestling fan my whole life, and for so many years a lot of us have been, for lack of a better word, bullied. We've been teased, kidded, eyes rolled from our peers and family members. 'You watch wrestling?!?' I see my shows as a safe zone, a safe haven.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.
- Film Festival
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Rotterdam Film Festival really makes you feel like part of a film family.
- Nov 07, 2020
Life for my family was a real struggle, as it was for most in those farming communities in Alabama.
- Fondly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on 'Superman's Girlfriend,' 'Lois Lane,' 'Adventure Comics' and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have successfully dealt with my dependence and my chronic pain issues. I ask that my privacy and that of my family be respected on this health issue.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played football ever since I was a little boy. Coming from a family of six boys, I guess we learned the game of football from a very young age.
- Flowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020