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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 Jul 31, 2026
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to do more family dramas.
- Beautiful Places
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was fourteen years old, our family drove all the way from Vancouver to Newfoundland and back. I've been all across the great land of Canada. I absolutely love the Maritimes, and I'm very excited to go back, particularly in the fall when it's one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am shooting a film, then everything goes soft focus. My family also complains that I don't give them time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's belief in spiritual healers grew stronger after our family went through a rough patch following my father's death. Sufi saint Karimullah Shah Kadri changed our lives, and all of us converted to Sufism. But it wasn't an instantaneous decision - it took us 10 years to convert. The change in religion was like washing away the past.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
- Great Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they are more of a kind of family - with all the problems of a family. We have to live with them.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't do dinner parties. I have people come to share the food I've cooked for the family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020