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" A perfect dinner for me is being with people I really want to be with. It starts and stops with my company and my family. "

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" My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

" I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem. "

" As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family. "

" So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. "

" I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you. "

" Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged. "

" People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. "

Douglas Coupland

" Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. "

" When I'm at my grandparents', I know I literally have to do nothing but relax, enjoy myself, and enjoy my family members' company. "

" If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win. "

Believe In Yourself

" Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family. "

Victoria Justice

" DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. "

Harriet Ann Jacobs

" Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. "

Ulysses S. Grant

" I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler. "

" Working 24 hours a day isn't enough anymore. You have to be willing to sacrifice everything to be successful, including your personal life, your family life, maybe more. If people think it's any less, they're wrong, and they will fail. "

" Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and headache of the nuclear family holiday in the sun? "

" I come from a middle-class family, but we are open-minded people. "

" No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty. "

" When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.' "

" No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician. "

Elizabeth Blackburn

" I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. "

" I only want three children for every family. I'm a Christian, but I'm a realist, so we have to do something with our overpopulation. I will defy the opinion or the belief of the Church. "

Rodrigo Duterte

" We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots religion, nation, community, family, or profession are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust. "

" I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now. "

" I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible. "

Friends And Family

" To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. "

" When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself. "

Albert Hammond, Jr.

" Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. "

" I'm the first person in my family to go to college, and I'm an immigrant. My aspirations coming out of college weren't particularly lofty. I wanted a good job with a good company. "

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" I love Sunday lunches with the family that start at 1 P.M. and finish at 5 P.M. "

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