“In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.”
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“My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.”
“I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.”
“My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles from textiles I went to fashion.”
“But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go down. But there's a lot more to it than that. There are a lot of early mornings, late nights, a lot of traveling, a lot of being away from home, being away from your family.”
“Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible act. But I did it.”
“I love seeing my family.”
“You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.”
“My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.”
“I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.”
“As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.”
“The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.”
“The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.”
“With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.”
“To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.”
“I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.”
“I think with motherhood and child-rearing in general, everyone's going to tell you how to do it and why. I've always said to other mothers and women when they've asked me, that you have to find your own way and find out what works for your family, at all costs.”
“My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.”
“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.”
“Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.”
“You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the bailiff. I mean we were a middle-class family, it's not as if it was happening up and down the street. It made me ashamed, I felt dirty.”
“Baseball life is a tough life on the family.”
“I work six months and get three or four with the family.”
“I work six months and get three or four with the family. I've stopped racing to get to the red light.”