American Family Quotes - Page 5

• The first time I learned I could sell myself was when I convinced a wealthy American family to give me a job as a nanny. Childcare. Totally unqualified. But I learned to be ready for anything. And that I can adapt. That I can become the best diaper changer.

  Scott Raab

  Jobs, Giving, Nannies

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.

  Graham Kennedy

  Style, Cry, Wells

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Las Vegas is a major family destination. Nevada casinos have become American family values now. It's considered just fine to go into one of these windowless scary gambling-malls, drink yourself silly, lose your ass at roulette, and then go ogle showgirls with breast implants. Republicans do this now. Working-class folks do it in polyester stretch pants. It's normal.

  Bruce Sterling

  Silly, Vegas, Gambling

  "Greetings from Burning Man!". www.wired.com. November 01, 1996.

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• Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.

  Nancy Johnson

  Cells, House, Support

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• At a time when the American family is threatened as never before, redefining it away from the union of one man and one woman only promises to weaken it as a child-rearing, values-conveying institution.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Children, Men

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.

  Marty Meehan

  Government, Years, Class

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• It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Country, Hard Work

  FaceBook post by Barack Obama from Mar 01, 2012

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• We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that made a great life sweeter in every possible way.

  Ann Druyan

  Wine, Dinner, Way

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• I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

  Ed Pastor

  Senior, Support, Care

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• So it seems that because of every syndrome and disorder we've invented in the past twenty years, the Los Angeles Times reported that 63% of American families are now considered dysfunctional. My God! That means we're the majority. We're normal! It's the people who have the mommy, the daddy, the brother, the sister, the little white picket fence - those people are the freaks, man!

  Christopher Titus

  Brother, Mean, Past

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think American family sitcoms are mean. I guess I really love 'Arrested Development.' I guess they are quite mean in that, but that is also a very silly, surreal, absurd show as well, and it has got a heart as well.

  Simon Bird

  Silly, Heart, Mean

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• When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.

  Donald Miller

  Thinking, Revolution, Decline

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up - for all of us, in different ways - and we get to see how this family is walking through it.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Black, Different, Way

  "'Thank God We're Getting There': Tracee Ellis Ross on the Changing Face of Movies and TV". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 16, 2016.

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