“The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.”
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“I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family.”
“It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.”
“Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.”
“I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewarding experiences in your life - a loving family, friends - you don't need additional reassurances that you're going to do something with a new cast of characters. I'd just as soon pass.”
“Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.”
“It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.”
“The voters are going to decide in November who is going to fix their personal family dismay over not having jobs in America. They are going to pick Mitt Romney.”
“But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.”
“The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.”
“The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a natural occurrence, as natural as being born.”
“I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.”
“I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.”
“People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct.”
“Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.”
“When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.”
“I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.”
“I had no fun. My family was too serious.”
“It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.”
“Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.”
“Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.”
“For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.”
“One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.”
“My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.”