- Opportunity
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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
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Venezuela is very important, not just because it's a place I go to conduct, but because my family is there - my wife, my parents and my musical family.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three families. I want to have my own kids very soon. In future, I still want to conduct a lot, but less, to be with my family.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family, particularly my brother, made it possible for me to get into the Punjabi music industry.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten a lot of messages from kids struggling with their identity and sexuality, whether it's because they're in a religious family or a small town or a sport that's not very accepting. I've had a ton of outreach, and I've tried to get back to kids as best I could.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family's dog, when I was growing up, was an adopted dog that I got in a shelter for my birthday. I've always felt really strongly about adopting animals and trying to save animals' lives.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I'm still always moving.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always think that I came from this dynasty of actors. But that's not true, because it was just dad. So as a child... I got to try it out really young... and I really loved it. I pretty much made my decision back then to become an actor. And then, more and more of us have joined the trend. So now, we're definitely an acting family.
- Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a very close family, and we've always been supportive of one another. But it's definitely easier to be happy for the other person's acting success when you're doing okay yourself. Ultimately, when you're all in the same competitive industry, it can be more hurtful to see the other succeed if you're not doing as well.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020