- Food
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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
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a scientist, and my mom's a teacher, so I didn't grow up in a family that was into the entertainment world at all.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a long time ago: I was 13, and my dad actually sent photos to two different agencies of all of my family, and I had no idea.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being the face of 'Pink' is the greatest gig ever. The company has become like a little family for me in N.Y.C. I am constantly working with new people, and every day feels like the first day of school.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having the person that you love by your side and starting a family with them is the best thing that can happen to you in this life. You can't ask for more.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been very comfortable with me and the people I work with, and my family have always been very plugged into who I am with my personal life.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each country has its own way of communicating a narrative and, through that, expressing family experiences in emotional stories.
- Fearsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you start off as a fearsome figure in pop culture, it's almost axiomatic that at some point, years under the lights softens you into a cuddly family figure.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what my life has come down to - how can I have fun for me, be with my friends and my family, and how can I help other people.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a family with big hearts, so I love to put smiles on people's faces.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd grown up knowing all about Don Bradman and visited his museum in Bowral quite a few times and absolutely loved the place and then to go back there and receive my baggy green and play my first Test match there at the oval, and obviously my parents were there and a lot of family and friends, it was really cool.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mum, Kathy, works as a GP and my dad, Mark, was a high school maths teacher. He now manages mum's practice and is also my cricket coach. We are a close-knit family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020