My Family Quotes - Page 34

• My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

  Roger Goodell

  Goal, Dummy, Prove

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• My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Able, Firsts, Family Comes First

  "'Ringer's' Sarah Michelle Gellar Laughs About Playing Twins" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 13, 2011.

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• I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

  Selena Gomez

  Sweet, People, Family And Friends

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• Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.

  Tom Glazer

  Mother, Father, Two

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• In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

  Eve Hewson

  Thinking, Who I Am, Paris

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• My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.

  Amanda Holden

  Strong, Work Ethic, Priorities

  "Amanda Holden: 'I'm not the slapper the press portrayed me as'". Interview With Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.

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• I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Rebel, Wanted

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The fans know what's happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet.

  Hulk Hogan

  Couple, Believe, Hard Times

  "Hulk Hogan Brings The Fight To IGN". Interview with Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. January 1, 2010.

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• I was on vacation with my family when I got the scripts for 'Wanderlust' and I was trying to work on the audition while I was on vacation. I remember a big gust of wind blew the entire script into the pool, so I had to dry it with a hairdryer.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Vacation, Wind, Trying

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• I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working.

  Mark Hamill

  Home, House, World

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• Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.

  Rebecca Hall

  Dad, Father, Ideas

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

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• My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

  Tony Hale

  Appreciation, Art, Dad

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• My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

  Michael Imperioli

  Important, What's Important

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• Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family.

  Angus T. Jones

  Grateful, Men, Past

  "'Two and a Half Men' star apologizes for offending cast and crew", www.cnn.com. November 29, 2012.

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• The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system.

  Constance Jablonski

  Support Systems, Old Friends, Trying

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• It's important for me to have my family close.

  Curtis Joseph

  Important

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• I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

  Judith Jamison

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Dancer

  "Portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2007.

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• L.A. is cool. If I could have the rest of my family out there, I think it would make it that much better for me. As far as work and the weather, you can't really beat it. I just wish they had the New York social life out there. That would make it perfect.

  Michael B. Jordan

  New York, Thinking, Weather

  "Michael B. Jordan, ‘Fruitvale’ Star, Reveals His Early Tap Dancing Roots". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2013.

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• I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.

  Naveen Jain

  Country, Dream, Responsibility

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• My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.

  Young Jeezy

  Fans, Understand Me

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• My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.

  Hanif Kureishi

  Jobs, Father, Mean

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• I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don't go around thumping people.

  Chris Kyle

  Thinking, People, Care

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

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• I'm a homebody. If I'm not working I'm with my family being a dad.

  John C. McGinley

  Dad, Homebodies, Ifs

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• Actually I was born in 1940 in Blackpool because my family lived in Manchester but Manchester was being bombed. So my mother was sent away to Blackpool to have me and then went back; so I lived my first eighteen years in Manchester and then emigrated to the States when I was eighteen.

  John Mahoney

  Mother, Years, Firsts

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• So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me.

  Kathy Mattea

  Play, Careers, Trying

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