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" Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job. "

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" The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It can take a toll on our family life and interpersonal relationships. It can trigger real physical pain, symptoms, and disease. And it can lead to a range of self-destructive behaviors. "

Peter A. Levine

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Family

Life

" In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes. "

" Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say goodbye to your family. "

" Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place. "

" 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. "

" Every time me and A Boogie connect in the studio, it's just always good vibes. It's like me being with one of my brothers or me being with one of my cousins or my family members. "

" I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse. "

" I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it. "

" A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it. "

" My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me. "

Carolina Herrera

World

Grandchildren

" All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it. "

" A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere. "

" Family is the most important thing in the world. "

" I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it. "

" Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends. "

" A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center. "

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Center

Loving

Only

" 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. "

" Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think. "

" I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily. "

" If you're lucky like me, your relationship with your brother has resolved itself on the peaceful side of the fence and has stayed there. But if you're someone who's got a family that's all fractured and finding it hard to relate, that's a very sad place to be. "

Tom Hardy

Relationship

Brother

" I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing. "

" We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches. "

" I don't think anyone has a normal family. "

" Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?' "

" I'm never happier than when I'm with my family. "

" You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. "

" The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. "

" I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger. "

" A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family. "

" Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants! "