- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Relatives Quotes
On the family members who fill the room.
These quotes look at relatives as a distinct presence in family life - the aunts, cousins, and in-laws who can fill a hall in Bombay or shape a child's sense of self, as one speaker recalls of feelings 'stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.'
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- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it.
- Admirers
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were admirers of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Their parents and most of our relatives and neighbors were Republicans, so they were self-conscious in their liberalism and took it as emblematic of their ability to think for themselves.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my relatives and friends have been pretty aware of my brand of humor for a while, so none of them have been shocked.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most summers we went to Bangladesh and stayed in Grandad’s village, filled with relatives. I’m one of 67 grandchildren.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.
- Evacuation
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- Nov 07, 2020
As early as December 1945, I accompanied my wife and a few relatives in their return from evacuation in the countryside to Cologne, where over the years we settled down in a destroyed house.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020