In-laws Quotes - Page 3

• As for those whose role it is to love us - I mean, relatives and in-laws (what a word)- It's a different tune. They find the right word, but it's usually the one that wounds.

  Albert Camus

  Mean, Law, Tunes

  Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

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• Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing more for him than to marry and start a family, but if he showed up at her doorstep and said that he'd met someone two days ago and knew she was the one for him, his mother would smack him with a broom, curse in Italian, and drag him to church, sure that he had some serious sins that needed confessing.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Mother, Brother, Believe

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• Mr. Sourpuss Pants God I love her Nicholas " Thomas crowed. When he noticed that neither Nicholas nor Inez looked impressed by the words he added quickly "In a totally sister-in-law type fashion of course.

  Lynsay Sands

  Fashion, Sister In Law, Pants

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• They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Mother, Cat, Law

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• The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.

  John Grisham

  Mother, Law, Wife

  John Grisham (2011). “Three Classic Thrillers 3-Book Bundle: The Firm, The Appeal, The Chamber”, p.612, Dell

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• I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

  Tori Amos

  Mother, Law, Great Relationship

  "Tori Amos: My family values". Interview with Jamie Tabberer, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.

  Frank Shorter

  Sports, Running, School

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• My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Family, Time

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• At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.

  Alber Elbaz

  Son, Law, Saint

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• Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.

  Martha Beck

  Letting Go, Beach, Brother

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• The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I've done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.

  Ben Fountain

  Writing, School, Law

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• The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.

  Jane Smiley

  Brother, Sibling, Sister In Law

  "Divorce! It’s Good for the Children!" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2010.

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• I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.

  Lord Byron

  Mother, Good Day, Law

  Lord Byron, Donald A. Low (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.338, Routledge

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• I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Mother, Law, Two

  "The Playlist Profile: Melanie Lynskey Talks Hollywood, ‘Hello I Must Be Going,’ ‘Heavenly Creatures’ & More" by Maris James, www.indiewire.com. September 04, 2012.

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• In 'Law & Order,' your main job is to stay out of the way of the plot. On another show you'd receive your script and see stuff that seems challenging and feel excited that the writers thought highly enough of you to write it for you.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Jobs, Writing, Order

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• My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

  Gary Lineker

  Brother, Home, Law

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• I've been involved with law enforcement for some time. My father was in law enforcement. I went through the training for Homeland Security. I enjoy it very much.

  Lou Ferrigno

  Father, Law, Training

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• I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.

  John Mahoney

  Teacher, Brother, Fun

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• The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.

  Lionel Richie

  Mother, Love You, Kids

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

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• Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief.

  Douglas Coupland

  Brother, Regret, Grief

  Douglas Coupland (2012). “Life After God”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• My mother-in-law buys her coats in a carper shop. She wears a 9x12.

  Phyllis Diller

  Mother, Law, Coats

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• Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.

  David Letterman

  Mother, Law, People

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• Barack Obama is putting his team together to take over the Administration. So far, he's got his mother-in-law, who is going to be living with him, and they are talking about Hillary for Secretary of State. You have your mother-in-law and Hillary Clinton. Sounds like smooth sailing to me.

  David Letterman

  Mother, Team, Talking

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• Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

  St. Jerome

  Mother, Men, Law

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• But I understand that relationship; I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.

  Wanda Sykes

  Daughter, Mother, Law

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