884 private quotes tagged family

“My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching.” — Twyla Tharp

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“My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.” — Hugh Leonard

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“I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it.” — Betty White

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“Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.” — Nick Carter

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“It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.” — Michael Pitt

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“In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.” — Brett Favre

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“One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.” — Paul Harris

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“Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world.” — Rosa DeLauro

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“Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.” — Brett Favre

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“I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.” — Andre Rieu

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“I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.” — Venus Williams

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“What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.” — David Plouffe

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“The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family.” — Mario Batali

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“And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time... you got to be kidding me... Those things are so important they enable you to go on.” — Brett Favre

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“I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.” — Vin Diesel

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“Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.” — Hans-Georg Gadamer

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“I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.” — Nicki Minaj

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“What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.” — Harlan Coben

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“I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.” — Bjork

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“If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.” — Harlan Coben

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“If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.” — will.i.am

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“Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.” — Tyler Perry

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“The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.” — Talcott Parsons

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“Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.” — Jonathan Sacks

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