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Famous lines and quotations about raising a family, children and parenthood:
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"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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"Mothers of teenagers know why some animals eat their young"
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"There is no such thing as 'fun for the whole family.'"
Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
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"If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'"
Jeff Foxworthy
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"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
Calvin Trillin (1935 - )
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"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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"Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family."
Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997), in her Nobel lecture
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"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."
Jane Howard, Families
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"Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family."
J. S. Bryan
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"Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got."
Rose Cherin
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"The family is the country of the heart."
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 - 1872)
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"The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation."
Francine Du Plessix Gray
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"The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children."
King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972)
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"When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room."
Woody Allen (1935 - )
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"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)
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"We are the people our parents warned us about."
Jimmy Buffett
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"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."
Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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