Our Family Quotes - Page 7

• To my deep mortification my father once said to me, "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."

  Charles Darwin

  Dog, Father, Science

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.9, Courier Corporation

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• Surely women's liberation is a most unpromising panacea. But the movement is working politically, because our sexuality is so confused, our masculinity so uncertain, and our families so beleaguered that no one knows what they are for or how they are sustained.

  George Gilder

  Confused, Women, Movement

  George F. Gilder (1973). “Sexual Suicide”, [New York] : Quadrangle

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• When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Jesus, Mean, Emotional

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• Children, we should visit homes of the poor, orphanages and hospitals from time to time. We should take our family members along and offer assistance and look after the welfare of inmates. A word spoken with love and concern will give them more comfort than any amount of money. That will lead to the expansion of our hearts as well.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Home, Heart

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• Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.

  Arthur Hailey

  Country, Believe, Moving

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• The seven principles of Kwanzaa - unity, self-determinat ion, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith -- teach us that when we come together to strengthen our families and communities and honor the lesson of the past, we can face the future with joy and optimism.

  William J. Clinton

  Responsibility, Creativity, Past

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• Whoever you hate will end up in your family. You don't like gays?
  You're gonna have a gay son. You don't like Puerto Ricans? Your
  daughter's gonna come home with Livin' La Vida Loca!

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Daughter, Hate

  "Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker". TV Special, July 10, 1999.

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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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• 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

  Thinking, Voice, Want

  "NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Goes 'On the Record'". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2011.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• There's a lot of your family in tonight.

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Tonight, Classic

  "'There's a Lot of Your Family in Tonight': What Prince Philip Told Asian Businessman at Reception for British Indians". www.dailymail.co.uk. October 28, 2009.

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• We have one set of obligations to the world in general, and we have other sets never to be reconciled to our fellow-countrymen, to our neighbors, to our friends, to our family, to our children.

  Michael Frayn

  Country, Children, Men

  "Copenhagen". Play by Michael Frayn, May 21, 1998.

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• This principle applies to your family pet, for instance, which I believe are wonderful because they put you into a great emotional state. When you feel love for your pet, that's a great state of love that's going to bring goodness into your life, what a gift that is.

  James Arthur Ray

  Believe, Emotional, Law Of Attraction

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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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• As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Children, Father, Technology

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• You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.

  Parvesh Cheena

  Tease, Closest

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• Honestly, I try to forget Fashion Week once it's over. I just want to go home and rest and just forget I even did it. It could drive you crazy! It's just show after show after show, and you're missing your family and they feel really far away. You don't go to sleep. You work for a month.

  Chanel Iman

  Fashion, Crazy, Home

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• I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.

  Jason Momoa

  Father, Half, Sacred Things

  Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes in TV, it can get really stale, especially if you're doing these 23-episode years. It's a lot of work, and to put your family through that, on a location, is not always the greatest thing in the world.

  Jeffrey Dean Morgan

  Years, World, Location

  "‘Magic City’: Jeffrey Dean Morgan On His Return To TV And The Allure Of New Starz Series" by Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can.

  Tim McGraw

  Thinking, People, Trying

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