Quotes with family

Quotes 121 till 140 of 423.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I have found out in later years that my family was very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it. [On his childhood]
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Patrick Henry I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi I live quietly at home among my family and friends.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Junot Diaz I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Gertrude Stein I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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  • Alfred Russel Wallace I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and heard almost every Tuesday the very best, most earnest and most impressive preacher it has ever been my fortune to meet with, but it produced no effect whatever on my mind.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist and biologist (1823 - )
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  • Hippocrates I swear... to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
    Hippocrates
    Greek physician (460 - 377)
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  • Atom Egoyan I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • William S. Burroughs I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Aaron Spelling I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Al Sharpton I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Bruno Mars I wish I could tell you me and my rock band were traveling around, strung out. No, we were a family band. Straight Partridge Family.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Don Marquis I would rather start a family than finish one.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Benjamin Clementine I'm from a middle class family, but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Benjamin Bratt I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.
    Benjamin Bratt
    American actor, producer, and activist (1963 - )
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  • Ben Hardy I'm really excited to be joining the fantastic cast of 'EastEnders' - a show which my family have watched for years.
    Ben Hardy
    British actor (1991 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth I've always been a family entertainer. Every show I have done has been suitable for any age - parents never need to worry that, if they pop out of the room, I'll say anything untoward.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Berry Gordy I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
    Berry Gordy
    American record executive, record and film producer and songwriter (1929 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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