Our Family Quotes - Page 23

• The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'

  Sara Bareilles

  Emotional, Tears, My Family

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

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• My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.

  Candace Cameron

  Mom, Dad, Next

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

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• I think charity begins with your family and you take it from there.

  Caprice Bourret

  Thinking, Charity

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• At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

  Sam Brownback

  Men, Thinking, Needs

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• There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Fun, House, Clown

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• The thing that grounds you, and the thing that really gives you a sense of wholeness, is your family, friends and your community. Those are the things that can mirror back to you what you're experiencing, and can affirm to you that the stories you are telling are true.

  Dan Chaon

  Mirrors, Giving, Community

  "Dan Chaon: Characters find sense of self" by Michelle Broder Van Dyke, www.sfgate.com. October 8, 2009.

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• When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.

  Cat Cora

  Growing Up, Home, Heart

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• I didn't take the typical path and go to college after high school. Instead, I saved up money from teaching dance classes and moved to L.A. But my family was so supportive - I never felt pressure from them. It's crucial to find a support system, even if it's not your family.

  Dianna Agron

  Teaching, School, College

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• As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Children, Years, People

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

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• Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

  Nonito Donaire

  Father, Boxing

  THE RING Interview, www.ringtv.com.

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• I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They tried to get her to have an abortion and she refused. So, my 'mama' adopted me, which was really her great aunt, which was really my great-great aunt, who was named Viola Dickerson. I was told that my mother was my sister.

  Eric Dickerson

  Mother, Aunt, Thinking

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• Most people would rather sit on a plane for two hours than spend two days on a train, but there's nothing comparable to taking a relaxing rail journey with your family or good friends.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Good Friend, Journey, Two

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• Providing working Minnesotans with at least seven days of paid sick leave every year is the right thing to do to. It benefits our families and helps our businesses become more worker friendly and family friendly.

  Mark Dayton

  Years, Sick, Friendly

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• I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else to the side and just be there with our family.

  Soleil Moon Frye

  Kids, Trying, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It destroys you when people say complete mistruths about your family.

  Alexi Giannoulias

  People, Mistruths

  "Giannoulias heads to Argentina to reflect next steps". Interview with Kerry Lester, www.dailyherald.com. January 23, 2011.

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• If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success.

  Jami Gertz

  Giving, Ifs

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• Since its enactment in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the Patriot Act have been used by law enforcement to stop more than 400 terrorist threats to our families and communities.

  Jim Gerlach

  Law, Community, September 11

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• You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

  Paul Allen

  Sports, Games, Enjoy Life

  "Paul Allen: He talks Trail Blazers, Microsoft, 'The Social Network'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. April 19, 2011.

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• This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.

  Emilio Estevez

  Buttons, Benefits, Want

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• My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.

  Michael Easton

  Mom, Wise, Kings

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• You want to provide for your family, of course, but you also want them to come along on the journey with you. I haven't achieved all I want to with my life, so I need to continue to push myself.

  Michael Easton

  Journey, Needs, Want

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• Before you went to work this morning in the city, did you spend some time with your family? Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty?

  Mac Davis

  Family, Morning, Kissing

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• You may almost forget the smell of your family.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Family, Smell, May

  Song: May I Whisper in Your Ear

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• I try to be a good daughter, as I believe in karma and feel that how you are with your parents is directly proportionate to what you receive in your life. I am a big oneness follower, and our gurus have told us that if you want to achieve external happiness, you need to be happy internally. And your inner circle is your family.

  Shilpa Shetty

  Karma, Daughter, Believe

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• You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.

  Colin Farrell

  Shapes, Way, Form

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