- 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
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a very big family, and I grew up in restaurants.
- Direct Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not think direct experience is always necessary to act, but I believe that sometimes you have to have had the real experience to act certain roles. One of those was losing your family member. I was not being able to imagine how sad that could be.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of family in South Africa, but I grew up in California. I feel like my name keeps me connected to a long line of people that have been through a heck of a lot. It reminds me to stay grateful, and it reminds me to try and step my game up if I'm slacking.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be taken advantage of and burnt out in the industry. I worked with my family really closely, so I was able to get that respect in the industry. So now I feel that I can let my guard down. People know who I am; I can be myself. I can be more versatile, and I can wear what I want.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been doing shows, but I slowed down because I had a daughter and got to spend some time having more of a family life.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since retirement, I have been given the opportunity to spend time with my family. I have three children, aged 16, 14 and one. That is what is really important to me. I have also done a little commentating in Australia and am part of the MRF academy in Chennai.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When most artists walk offstage, they go to a lonely hotel room. I went home to my family. They were there before the show, during and after. It's been great. I never would have done it any other way. I wasn't gonna miss raising my kids. There was no way that was gonna happen.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple's double - she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, 'The only artists I've ever heard of are dead.' It just wasn't in her experience... I don't think she had a sense that one could be an artist, because there wasn't anyone in my family who had done that.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family owned a gelateria business, so as a kid, I would always design ice cream cones. If you want to transform a shoe from design into a properly wearable product, however, you need technical knowledge. So I worked for four years inside a local shoe company.
- Wonderful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a wonderful family!
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020