"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat."
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"Poverty is not natural; it is man-made"
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"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
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"Fatherhood means a great deal to me. I love it. To me, there aint nothing better, because your kids keep it real with you. When you think things are bad, you look at them and they show you how things could be all right, and it's all worth it."
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"The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice. That foundation is the family. It is only by protecting families, from famine as well as from fragmentation, that they can prosper and contribute to the family of nations that is the United Nations."
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"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."
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"To me, a spouse should be a life partner AND a business partner. Just like any good partner, her strengths must make up for my weaknesses and vice versa."
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"The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse."
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"I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids."
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"And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read."
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"The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build."
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"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."
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"It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require."
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"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."
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"Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time."
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"Let's go hand in hand, not one before another."
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"Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves."
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"I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself."
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"My friends are my estate."
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"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."
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