884 private quotes tagged family

“My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles from textiles I went to fashion.” — Roberto Cavalli

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“I love seeing my family.” — Mia Wasikowska

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“My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.” — Laura Schlessinger

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“You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.” — Mehmet Oz

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“As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.” — David Rockefeller

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“I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.” — Gwyneth Paltrow

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“In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.” — Caroline Kennedy

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“Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible act. But I did it.” — Curt Schilling

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“To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.” — Ted Allen

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“With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.” — Ginnifer Goodwin

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“I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.” — Chris Martin

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“I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.” — David Sedaris

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“I work six months and get three or four with the family.” — Kyle Chandler

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“In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.” — Mary Wollstonecraft

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“My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents.” — Mario Batali

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“Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.” — Katherine Jenkins

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“I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.” — Brooke Burke

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“I've always been part of comedy. One of the things about our family was that if we were reasonably funny with each other, particularly my two brothers and myself, when my father was upset with something you'd want to make sure in some way you made him laugh. Because when he didn't laugh, you were in trouble!” — Leslie Nielsen

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“I think with motherhood and child-rearing in general, everyone's going to tell you how to do it and why. I've always said to other mothers and women when they've asked me, that you have to find your own way and find out what works for your family, at all costs.” — Brooke Burke

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“I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK.” — Roger Goodell

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“Baseball life is a tough life on the family.” — Nolan Ryan

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“My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.” — Vinny Guadagnino

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“The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.” — A. N. Wilson

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“More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue.” — Joyce Maynard

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“My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.” — Robert Griffin III

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