- Bond
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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
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one in my family is musical, including extended family. I am like the black sheep.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Edinburgh, but my dad's from Glasgow, and my mum's from Chingford in Essex, and I spent time in Ireland, too, so I was always somebody who absorbed accents. I would come back from visits, very much to the annoyance of friends and family, with an accent based on where I'd been.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money is there to put food on the table and make sure your family is cared for. Anything beyond that can be argued as extraneous.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think whether it's a good idea or not to take the startup plunge comes down to the responsibilities of the individual. If you have a family to care for or a huge mortgage payment, then quitting your steady day job to launch a startup probably isn't the best decision to make.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you, I've never particularly been a 'Trek' person. I feel about 'Trek' the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one's family.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like I wake up every morning and just can't wait to write. It is my job. It's much easier to not write. I'd rather read. This is my income. This is what supports my family. Having a child is a pretty big incentive to keep working.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe it or not, my best meal is to go to the store and buy a DiGiorno pizza, come home, add some fresh Parmesan cheese, and just hang with my family!
- Insult
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father died when I was 9 years old. The miserable condition of my family at that time is beyond description. My family, solitary and without influence, became at once the target of much insult and abuse.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the beginning of my career, it was really difficult for my family to understand what I was working on, but they supported me anyway and gave me the best advice, which was to always be myself.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The suburbs are the American dream, right? Living in a nice house, having a good job, a happy family.
- Confidentiality
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- Nov 07, 2020