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• The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner. Big family gatherings, and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I’m doing good.

  Kate Winslet

  Children, Gathering, World

  "Isn’t She Deneuvely?". Interview with Krista Smith, www.vanityfair.com. December 2008.

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• I'm starting to think about things that I want to do, things that are fun. One of them is driving a car like a Porsche. I've driven a lot of cars - sedans, trucks and big family vehicles all year long. But there's nothing like a four-wheel-drive Porsche.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Fun, Thinking, Years

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• I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Growing Up, Thinking, Taught

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• I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.

  Guy Lafleur

  Guy, Together, Firsts

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• I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

  Willem Dafoe

  Father, Names, Netherlands

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• I'm from a big family. I've got 10 nieces and nephews.

  Cheryl Cole

  Niece, Nephew, Bigs

  "Cheryl Cole: 'I've dined with Prince Charles, but I've also sat in a crack den'" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2012.

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• We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.

  Joel Kinnaman

  Mother, Hippie, Good Friend

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Brother, Stars

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• It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry.

  Cesar Romero

  Gone, Towns, Elegance

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• It was like a big family, since so many of us brought our kids. We all went surfing. It was so relaxed and easy.

  Elle Macpherson

  Kids, Surfing, Surfer

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• I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week.

  Tony Shalhoub

  Father, Mean, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all people, like one big family. The unity of all humanity, many tribes and peoples, is essential.

  Thomas Banyacya

  Believe, Native American, People

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• I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.

  Natassia Malthe

  Jobs, Artistic, Married

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• I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family.

  Patrick Modiano

  Daughter, Mother, Two

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• I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

  Emmy Rossum

  Mom, Growing Up, Sibling

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• Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like.

  Mario Andretti

  Motor Racing, Bigs, Feels

  Q&A with Russell Atkins, www.crash.net. May 19, 2007.

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• I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.

  Lewis Grizzard

  Marriage, Inspiration, Sleep

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• Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and the short stories and the poems you never had time to write because of that." And I looked at my children and I said, "These are my poems, these are my stories."

  Olga Masters

  Mom, Children, Writing

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• It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.

  Nicholas Hoult

  Goodbye, Acting, Ends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Struggle, School, Bigs

  Interview With Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.

  Anne Lamott

  Heart, Successful, Support

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• In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

  Jet Li

  Country, Two, Chinese

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

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• I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.

  Jet Li

  Cnn, Watches, Television

  "'The World Is My Oyster'". Interview with Stephen Short, www.cnn.com. Apr 12, 2000.

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• I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

  Ryan Lochte

  Want, Grew Up, Bigs

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• I love mythology, grew up loving it. I'm a middle kid, big family, that's the thing you did in the farm country. I lived in Iowa, I loved mythology. I don't know, we're like that.

  Kellan Lutz

  Country, Kids, Iowa

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