- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were country songs I connected to when there was pain, when I saw things my family were going through. It was my way of acknowledging I wasn't OK: music tapped on the door; I could work out these emotions by singing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a big Mexican family and... we always were so comfortable in our own skin. So society, the stuff that I think we see a lot now for young girls, didn't really reach me because I had this huge Mexican bubble around me saying, 'You're beautiful. You're amazing. You're strong. And be you.'
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tammy Faye, I pray for every day. I really liked her. I wanted to be in their family.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone in my family is an artist in some capacity whether they're musicians, painters, or sculptors, so it's in their blood.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had some trepidation about working with someone else, especially a family member. You don't want work to affect your personal relationship.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers. I was a gullible country boy from Rocky Mount, Virginia, and I believed every folktale they told me, no matter how fantastic.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to do 'Chicago P.D.' for as long as it's on the air. I love the show; I love the Dick Wolf family. I think he's created something genius with the crossovers and having everyone on these shows inhabit the same universe as far as 'Chicago Med' and 'Chicago Fire' and 'Chicago P.D.'
- Family And Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020