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My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else. And it never occurred to them to tell me that I could just rest comfortably and wait for good old Uncle Sugar to feed me, lead me and then bleed me.

Mike Huckabee

Waiting, Parent, Politics

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Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again.

Kurt Vonnegut

Mother, Dog, Brother

"The world according to Kurt". Interview with Simon Houpt, Globe and Mail (Toronto), October 11, 2005.

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I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

Natalie MacMaster

Names, Giving, Proud

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My uncle Buddy MacMaster is one of the greatest fiddlers Cape Breton has ever produced, and we've produced a lot of them! His fellow fiddlers owe him a huge debt, for he has greatly influenced and inspired all of us. He makes you want to dance; he can bring tears to your eyes. Anyone who likes Cape Breton fiddle - no, anyone who likes fiddling - needs to own this album

Natalie MacMaster

Eye, Tears, Capes

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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

God, Nice, Earthquakes

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...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to end all wars, WWI). ...The leather people sold your Uncle Sam hundreds of thousands of saddles for the calvary. But there wasn't any calvary overseas!

Smedley Butler

War, Dark, People

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...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits.

Smedley Butler

War, Dark, Age

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I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children.

Gunter Grass

Children, Law, Play

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There is none of my uncle's marks upon you; he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner.

William Shakespeare

Men, Taught, Cages

William Shakespeare, Cynthia Marshall (2004). “As You Like It”, p.186, Cambridge University Press

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This is his uncle's teaching, this Worcester, Malevolent to you In all aspects, Which makes him prune himself and bristle up The crest of youth against your dignity.

William Shakespeare

Teaching, Dignity, Youth

William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington (1998). “Henry IV”, p.132, Oxford University Press, USA

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The girl's face was the color of talcum. Her uncle's was a death mask, a bone structure overlaid by parchment. Shane's was granite, with a glistening line of sweat just below his hair line. He'd never forget this night, the detective knew, no matter what else happened for the rest of his life. They were all getting scars on their souls, the sort of scars people got in the Dark Ages, when they believed in devils and black magic. (Speak To Me Of Death)

Cornell Woolrich

Girl, Fear, Dark

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Me? Robin Goodfellow, a family man? He, not likely, ice-boy. I mean, think of what that would do to my reputation. Glamour shimmered around him, and he gave us a wink. Later, lovebirds. Gimme a heads up when the kid arrives. 'Uncle Puck' will be waiting.

Julie Kagawa

Kids, Mean, Men

Julie Kagawa (2012). “The Iron Legends: Winter's Passage\Summer's Crossing\Iron's Prophecy”, p.199, Harlequin

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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

Wyclef Jean

Daddy, Grandfather, Study

"Q&A: Wyclef Jean on Bill Clinton and Haiti's New Revolution". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. July 8, 2010.

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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.

Miles Davis

Jazz, Selling, Should

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Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the National Spelling Bee. My aunt competed in the National Spelling Bee. My uncle WON the National Spelling Bee. If I can't spell it, I know someone who can. So just bring it on.

Kristin Cashore

Dad, Fear, Aunt

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I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.

Sara Gruen

Dog, Grief, Men

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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

Fiona Shaw

Mother, Brother, Play

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

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Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate.

Stephanie McMahon

Mother, Husband, Father

"Stephanie McMahon Q&A: 'I love to play the bad guy'". Interview with Marcus Vanderberg, sports.yahoo.com. October 21, 2014.

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My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted.

Mike Shinoda

Teacher, Dad, School

"Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities'" by Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. July 07, 2011.

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Put yourself in Hamlet's shoes. Suppose you were a prince, and you came back from college to discover that your uncle had murdered your father and married your mother, and you fell in love with a beautiful girl and mistakenly murdered her father, and then she went crazy and drowned herself. What would you do? Go back for a masters?

Art Buchwald

Beautiful, Girl, Mother

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My favorite lie was the online rumor that Bruce Willis was my uncle. That's hilarious.

Kreayshawn

Lying, Rumor, My Favorite

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My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing.

Gene Hackman

Writing, Grandfather, Lines

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I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.

Nate Ruess

Dad, Play, Musical

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I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of as someone who writes about a picturesque local scene like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, something like that.

Walker Percy

Writing, Wind, Southern

Walker Percy, Lewis A. Lawson, Victor A. Kramer (1993). “More Conversations with Walker Percy”, p.223, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away at a quail or pheasant; if the only sound is the slow beat of your own heart, you can hear another sound, and that is the sound of life winding down to its cyclic close, waiting for the first winter snow to perform last rites.

Stephen King

Heart, Autumn, Winter

Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.201, Anchor

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