My Family Quotes - Page 37

• I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.

  Melanie Roach

  Mom, Selfish, Moving

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• I live in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That's where I teach, at Western Carolina University. That region is where my family has lived for a long time and that region is my landscape.

  Ron Rash

  Long, Landscape, North Carolina

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• My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, America, Problem

  "Scott Ritter's Other War". Interview with Matt Bai, www.nytimes.com. February 22, 2012.

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• I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Writing, Two, Hours

  "JordanCon: Interview with Brandon Sanderson". Interview with Richard Fife, www.tor.com. June 7, 2010.

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• During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.

  Jessica Seinfeld

  Baby, School, Kids

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• You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

  Lori Singer

  Musician, Three, Remember

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• While it has been hurtful to my family and me to read constantly in the media that I was under investigation, I am pleased that as expected my spending has been found to be in order.

  Peter Slipper

  Media, Order, Hurtful

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• I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.

  Samantha Stosur

  Sports, Beach, Brother

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

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• When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Trying, Olympics, Firsts

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• I am proud of my heritage and my family.

  Brian Sandoval

  Heritage, Proud

  "91 Days to Decide: Nevada Candidate Under Fire for 'Hispanic' Comment" by Judson Berger, www.foxnews.com. August 3, 2010.

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• It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design.

  Christian Siriano

  Art, Design, Ballet

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• I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.

  Hilary Swank

  Thinking, Spending

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• My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.

  Jack Scalia

  Country, War, Majors

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• In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.

  Huey Lewis

  Sports, Years, Land

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• My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

  Johann Lamont

  Jobs, Two, Ability

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• My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.

  Hannah Simone

  Growing Up, Thinking, Want

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.

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• The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Growing Up, Play, Musical

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• My family and I took visits to each and every school and listened to each coaching staff. I felt the most comfortable with and really excited about playing at SC. Being close to home in one of the best offensive systems is paying off now as I'm making the jump to the pros.

  Mark Sanchez

  Home, School, Coaching

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• I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important.

  Mark Sanchez

  Men, Thinking, Names

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• I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there were disputes, I tried to mediate.

  Ruth Simmons

  Children, Disputes, Organize

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• I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.

  Sissy Spacek

  Girl, Remembers Everything, Stories

  "Sissy Spacek On ‘An Extraordinary Ordinary Life’: Oscar-Winning Star Talks Career, Kids And ‘Carrie’". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2012.

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• Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.

  Maura Tierney

  Cry

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

  Aida Turturro

  New York, Italian, Sides

  "'The Sopranos' Aida Turturro talks about fighting hunger and her hit show". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. March 20, 2001.

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• My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

  Christine Taylor

  Important, Comedy, Feels

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

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• I really appreciate the British part of my family.

  Helle Thorning-Schmidt

  Appreciate, British

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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