Big Families Quotes

• Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

  George Burns

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

  Dodie Smith

  Funny, Family, Heart

  Dear Octopus (1938) p. 120

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• It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Family, Thank You, Fathers Day

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• There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

  Anwar Sadat

  Family, Justice, Diversity

  Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row

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• In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.

  Antonin Scalia

  Children, Perfect, Pancakes

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• I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.

  Rupert Grint

  Children, Crazy, People

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• I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

  Heidi Klum

  Family, Children, Kids

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• Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

  Emma Thompson

  Family, Communication, Effective Listening

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• If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Family, Believe, Being Thankful

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• I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

  Jet Li

  Family, Travel, Believe

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• I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family.

  Holly Madison

  Kids, Want, Six

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• When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Growing Up, Support You, Safety

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• I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Kids, Wife, Four

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• I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.

  L'Wren Scott

  Lots Of Friends, Buying, Favorites Things

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

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• I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. He was a minister for 15 years…I come from a big family not in terms of money, but reputation and grew up in a protective mountain environment…My father slapped me for the first time at 15 and I told him, ‘If you slap me I will slap you back’. I felt raising your hand on anybody is inappropriate and always had a high regard for my self. My dad asked me to leave the house and I did so without a single penny in my pocket.

  Kangana Ranaut

  Dad, Father, Self

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• My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.

  Rafe Spall

  Ambition, Kids, Bigs

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• I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.

  David Charvet

  Brother, Father, Cutting

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• I want every movie to be like a big family and a great adventure.

  Virginia Madsen

  Adventure, Want, Bigs

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• I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these big families. They don't realize that 10 children in rural Tanzania will use less natural resources in a year than one middle class American child. People don't think like that.

  Jane Goodall

  Children, Thinking, Years

  "Exclusive Interview with Dr. Jane Goodall". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2010.

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• My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

  Olivier Martinez

  Brother, Father, Years

  "Olivier Martinez: Liberté, Egalité, Sensualité - Enter a New International Heartthrob". Interview with Vince Passaro, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 2002.

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• Community is like a big family.

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Community, Bigs

  Interview with Marcelo Dimentstein, Alberto Senderey, Andy Spokoiny and Shira Shnitzer, leatid.org. February 2009.

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• When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.

  Jencarlos Canela

  Party, Blue, Bugs

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• Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'

  Hollis Stacy

  Perfect, Bigs, Okay

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• I come from a big family, so I'd like to have a big family.

  Keisha Castle-Hughes

  Bigs

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• I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.

  Gustavo Dudamel

  Orchestra, Want, Bigs

  "Land of hope and glory" by Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2006.

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