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"A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is weak when composed of scattered individuals, to whom it matters little whether they obey seven or one, a Russian or a Corsican, so long as each keeps his own plot of land, blind in their wretched egotism, to the fact that the day is coming when this too will be torn from them."
"To have all my dear ones together under one roof - that is all I ask of life."
"Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back"
"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
"Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told."
"You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . . . . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage-Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to. But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof, and bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings."
"Actors are one family over the entire world."
"Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate."
"You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates."
"The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family."
"Families ought to be noisy."
"In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say. I couldn't keep pace, so I looked to do my own things."
"Accidents will occur in the best regulated families."
"Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy."
"He who is really kind, can never be unhappy"
"The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf."
"Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland"
"One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about."
"Steel True, Blade Straight *In 1955, Doyle's family sold Windlesham, which was turned into a hotel. The bodies of Conan Doyle and his wife, Jean, were moved to a grave at Minstead Churchyard, Hampshire."
"One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers."
