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" If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. "

Douglas Adams

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" The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not? "

Susan Straight

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" As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' "

" You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title. "

" We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them. "

" You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. "

Anita Baker

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" The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book. "

" No military or veteran family should have to choose between paying their bills and being together while one of our nation's heroes is in the hospital. "

" The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history. "

" Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with. "

" When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen. "

" God Bless my mother and father for all the hard work they've done for our family. "

" I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place. "

" I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows. "

" I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. "

Douglas Adams

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" Instagram is my favorite! It's interactive and a fun way to stay connected to my friends, family and fans. I love posting photos from family trips, property visits, previews of my collections, everything! "

" When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.' "

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

" 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.' "

" The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. "

" Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality. "

" I always believe holidays strengthen the family bond, away from our daily hectic schedules. "

" I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar. "

" My family was my guide to my reality. "

" 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? "

" Keeping with our family tradition of sending their children abroad for a couple of years, and aware of my interest in chemistry, I was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland when I was 11 years old, on the assumption that German was an important language for a prospective chemist to learn. "

" Kids can learn a lot about necessities and wants by recognizing what people live without. A common routine, but one that should not be overlooked, is having a family donation to a charity for those less fortunate. Ask your kids to search for items, toys, or clothes that they no longer use and contribute those items a collection box. "

" Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness. "

" The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. "