884 private quotes tagged family

“Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.” — Margaret Mead

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“Equal pay isn't just a women's issue when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.” — Mike Honda

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“You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.” — Cory Booker

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“According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third.” — Kit Bond

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“What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.” — Danica McKellar

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“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.” — Kamisese Mara

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“By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.” — Lawrence Welk

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“One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.” — Ben Kingsley

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“Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.” — Gary Oldman

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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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“We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.” — Dan Quayle

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“My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.” — Ronnie James Dio

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“The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.” — Steven Patrick Morrissey

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“As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family funds, they generally spend more on health, nutrition, and education - and less on alcohol and cigarettes.” — Dee Dee Myers

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“After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.” — Billy Sunday

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“I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.” — Richard M. Daley

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“I'm overjoyed and beyond honored to be a part of the L'Oreal Paris family. I'm such a fan of L'Oreal Paris not just for all of their amazing products, but for what they stand for.” — Lea Michele

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“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” — Kofi Annan

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“For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.” — Jessica Lange

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“When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit.” — Jerry Falwell

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“In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family.” — Monica Bellucci

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“I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.” — Eric Clapton

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“My kids give me the balance to live right.” — Celine Dion

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“One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.” — Ralph Fiennes

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“When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.” — Jane Goodall

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