- Biggie
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family and my friends are most important to me. These people are my foundation.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
This may sound funny, but I feel my most beautiful when I'm clean, fresh out of the bath. I don't have to be dressed up. I could be in comfy clothes at home hanging out with my family.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent my life being responsible, building a career, and waiting to find the right partner with whom to start a family.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
- Enshrined
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is good to have someone who can help with day-to-day life for me and for my family. This is very important.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
People accused me of leaving Napoli for money, but that was not true and really annoyed my family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a dream move for me - I was at my hometown club - but I couldn't leave the house myself or with my family after receiving threats that suggested anything could happen at any moment. It turned my life into a nightmare. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my children were growing up, we began every family meal - which included breakfast and dinner every day - with a prayer. We are Jewish and so it was the prayer over bread, when we were having bread, or the catch-all prayer for everything when we weren't.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020