“For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.”
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“My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.”
“I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.”
“When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.”
“Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.”
“My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.”
“It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.”
“It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.”
“I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.”
“I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.”
“Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.”
“I want my family to resemble the family I came from.”
“The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out.”
“We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.”
“This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero.”
“Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty.”
“I've always wanted to do a family movie.”
“I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.”
“When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.”
“The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house.”
“You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.”
“I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.”
“If you want to really know what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and then see who shows up for the funeral.”
“I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.”