- Mother
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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
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are often told by our friends and family members to not go to a particular place owing to some unkown energies that might have existed there, making us form superstitions in our mind.
- Singer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to tell my family that I was going to be a singer since I learned how to talk.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from the ghetto in Brazil, where we don't have a lot of career opportunities, so I'm sure my family and people who live there never imagined that one day I'd become a singer and be able to perform at an event like the Olympics.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women, like demanding equal pay for equal work, pushing to raise our minimum wage, and promoting the idea of paid family leave.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
After receiving strong encouragement from numerous people that I respect and admire, discussing with my family, and seriously considering it, I have decided not to run for the 12th Congressional District, a seat currently held by a man I admire very much, Representative Jerry Costello.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family had to leave Vietnam because my uncles fought alongside the Aussies.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Easter the family got together and we were giving one of my uncles a hard time about watching scary films because on the boat leaving Vietnam, when we were attacked by pirates, he wet his pants.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the company of my family and I like being on stage performing because I'm interested in people.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents split up when I was young, and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.
- Nov 07, 2020