- Closeness
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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
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life isn't all me. I have a family to support. I can't rob them of a good life simply because I want to play something.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Transportation and education are two big ones for me. And transportation is selfishly a big issue for me because I drive these roads every day. My family does.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is always with me. But moving forward and making my father more proud of me is very important. Taking care of my family, as my father did, is even more important.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drove 3,500 miles this summer on our family holiday, we drove across 10 countries. I have driven across the United States four times. I love cars, I love being in cars, I think so do most people. I want to help and support those people who have that same kind of enthusiasm for driving that I have.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite sites are all about web accessiblity, like Jakob Nielsen's site, but I'm afraid I've got quite utilitarian in my uses of the web. I buy things for friends and family in America on it. I find train times on it. I get a quick short article on a subject from it. I do not surf for fun much.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't come from an artistic family, so I didn't know what theater was. I was working on Wall Street in the '90s, and I went to see 'Appointment With a High-Wire Lady' at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and it affected me so deeply. It changed everything I thought about the arts. I quit banking and became an actor.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the first person in my family to go to college, and I'm an immigrant. My aspirations coming out of college weren't particularly lofty. I wanted a good job with a good company.
- Plays
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- Nov 07, 2020