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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
Family

"I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
Family

"The most important thing that you can teach your children is that Well-being abounds. And that Well-being is naturally flowing to them."

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
Family

"Mother, are you there? I love you. I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel."

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Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author
Family

"And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected."

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Family

"When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you."

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Family

"Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of."

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Billy Graham Evangelist, Author
Family

"To paraphrase the Bible, what shall it profit a man (or a woman) who gains the whole world but loses his or her own family?"

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
Family

"Mothers tell your children not to do the things I have done, to spend my life in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
Family

"Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
Family

"Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day, with strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
Family

"... I suppose that it is not so easy to go home and it takes a bit of time to make a son out of a stranger."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
Family

"As long as I continue to hear 'normal' people telling me I am too childish, I know I'm doing just fine."

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Willa Cather Novelist, Short Story Writer
Family

"Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together."

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