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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'"
"The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future."
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
"Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love."
"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family."
"With all my fans I got a family again."
"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people."
"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."
"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding."
"You can't control the length of your life. You can control the depth"
"How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley. Everyone looked up at him. "Why?" said Percy curiously. "It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-" "-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred."
"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children."
"A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all."
"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self."
"Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food."
"I am truly a "lone traveler" and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart."
"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."
"I sustain myself with the love of family."
"It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label."
"The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family as one."
