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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The expression that friends are the family you choose, is so powerful, because most people are close with their families, and when you add people into that level of trust, love, and loyalty, it's a really meaningful thing. The fact you're actively choosing each other is so beautiful at its core.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family, doctors, and society at large were constantly telling me that I was too heavy, that I needed to exercise more, that I should be smaller.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom rebuilt our family. That's why my dad spent so much time talking about my mom, who he's incredibly proud of.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a military family, so I liked being in an atmosphere where there was almost that feeling.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a very simple guy. Of course, popularity matters a lot, but for me, my health and family come first.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment's notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.
- Today
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.
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- Nov 07, 2020