Family And Friends quotes
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I know a lot of friends and family who were Joe Montana fans, where it didn't matter how well Steve Young did. They weren't going to cheer for him because he wasn't Joe Montana.
-- Aaron Rodgers -
The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous.
-- Abraham Maslow -
...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.
-- Abraham Maslow -
Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.
-- Amy Grant -
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Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
-- Ann Richards -
No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core of each of us that, that part which nobody can define but which we all recognize because it never changes.
-- Anna Neagle -
Baking may be regarded as a science, but it's the chemistry between the ingredients and the cook that gives desserts life. Baking is done out of love, to share with family and friends, to see them smile.
-- Anna Olson -
... family and friends aren't always ready to make the journey when you are, and you just have to keep plowing along whether they have confidence in you or not. That can be very lonely.
-- Anne Bancroft -
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There is something miraculous in the way the years wash away your evidence, first you, then your friends and family, then the descendants who remember your face, until you aren’t even a memory, you’re only carbon, no greater than your atoms, and time will divide them as well.
-- Anthony Marra -
I live quietly at home among my family and friends.
-- Antonio Tabucchi -
I text a lot people, because it's how I stay connected with all my family and friends when I'm on set and traveling.
-- Ashley Tisdale -
I love hanging out with friends and family.
-- Ashley Wagner -
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
-- Barbara Bush -
And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
-- Beau Bridges -
My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.
-- Bethany Hamilton -
I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
-- Billie Joe Armstrong -
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I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
-- Brendan Fraser -
Since I was 15 years old I've never been able to spend Christmas, Halloween or Thanksgiving (with friends and family). This was the first time I was able to enjoy a Super Bowl.
-- Brendan Shanahan -
I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote newsletters to keep friends and family updated on my progress.
-- Brent Runyon -
I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family.
-- Bret McKenzie -
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
-- Cara Delevingne -
Family and friends and Rene and the pregnancy fulfilled me with so much love.
-- Celine Dion -
Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day
-- Chetan Bhagat -
I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.
-- Chris Vance -
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I didn't want to call and schedule shows or call and make people listen to my music. Luckily, my friends and family really stayed on me and made me put myself out there.
-- Colbie Caillat -
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!
-- Cyndi Lauper -
I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.
-- Dakota Goyo -
The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U.K. which I love.
-- Damian Marley -
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I don't care what you bench. I care if you have friends and family you love, a career that you love, and helped someone you don't know today.
-- Dan John -
We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends.
-- Daniel Gilbert -
I would like to thank a world that never understood or accepted me, family and friends that never believed in me, and a God with one hell of a sense of humor. You have all made me what I am today. Let that weigh heavily on your consciences.
-- David Draiman -
There's an evolutionary imperative why we give a crap about our family and friends. And there's an evolutionary imperative why we don't give a crap about anybody else. If we loved all people indiscriminately, we couldn't function.
-- David Foster -
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I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the time they are taking time off from work is being spent with friends and family, enjoying and caring for those they love, they’re probably improving the world more than we acknowledge.
-- David Graeber -
Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.
-- David O. McKay -
What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.
-- David Plouffe -
The Internet has transformed many parts of our daily lives, touching everything from how we find information to how we go shopping, get directions, and even stay in touch with friends and family.
-- Dean Ornish -
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But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart.
-- Debbie Macomber -
When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.
-- Delta Goodrem -
It says on the back of the Nyquil box, 'May cause drowsiness.' It should say, 'Don't make any plans, OK? Kiss your family and friends good-bye.'
-- Denis Leary -
The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.
-- Dev Patel -
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Many of my friends and family are scratching it out somewhere decidedly south of the ever widening gap between the haves and have nots, looking at losing their homes, colleges they can't afford and healthcare they can't avail themselves of.
-- Don Cheadle -
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.
-- Don McLean -
I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.
-- Donna Karan -
I love having my hair blown dry by a stylist and I also truly enjoy being with my friends and family.
-- E.G. Daily -
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I am not generous about telling people who I am and what I like to do because it's my life and it only belongs to me and my friends and family.
-- Elena Anaya -
Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.
-- Ellen Hopkins -
I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.
-- Emma Roberts -
Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out the answer to a tough question or have someone explain it to you. You can also study anywhere you happen to be and on any device.
-- Eric Lefkofsky -
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Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family and friends and neighbors and the woman you hardly notice who cleans your office. Happiness is not a noun or verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue.
-- Eric Weiner -
Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
-- Francesca Annis -
I've been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I've got a really, really, really good life.
-- George Clooney -
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing.
-- George Kotsiopoulos -
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The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.
-- Gerald R. Ford -
Wonderful. What's the point of throwing a hissy fit without friends and family on hand to hear it?" -Amy Cahill
-- Gordon Korman -
However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you've brought the pan to the table.
-- Gordon Ramsay -
People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.
-- Greg Louganis -
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I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was "productive." Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.
-- Gretchen Rubin -
You can't evaluate a prospective partner if you insulate your relationship from your family and friends--and his.
-- Harriet Lerner -
I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.
-- Hope Solo -
Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift.
-- Ian Ayres -
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If I dont need the money, I dont work. Im going to spend time with my family and friends, and Im going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else.
-- James Spader -
I do want to have holidays and see my family and friends.
-- Jason Clarke -
The most you can do is stand up for what you believe in. I'm much happier since coming out to my friends and family. Being genuine and honest makes me happy.
-- Jason Collins -
And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men.
-- Jessica Pare -
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My schedule can be hectic, so I'm always trying to find time to see my friends and family.
-- Jessica Szohr -
Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?
-- Jilly Cooper -
I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family.
-- Jim Butcher -
You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.
-- John Lasseter -
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John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses family and friends.
-- John Le Mesurier -
Life is very nice in Hawaii. I rent a place that has its own cottage so when my friends and family come to visit, they have somewhere nice to stay.
-- Jorge Garcia -
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin.
-- Joseph Brodsky -
We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved.
-- Julia Barr -
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Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things.
-- Julia Stiles -
I love watching old movies, reading and having some good meals. I have a very close group of friends and family. I try to spend time with the ones that I love and work as hard as possible.
-- Justin Bartha -
I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation's Armed Forces. I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out.
-- Karl Malone -
I'm so thankful for my family and friends - they're really supportive. Everyone I work with on 'Austin & Ally;' the cast and crew are like my family now. We have so much fun, and I'm so happy they're in my life!
-- Laura Marano -
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I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me.
-- Leighton Meester -
I can't remember who told me but I was advised early on not to Google myself or read things about myself... I don't read a lot but get the gist of what's been said from friends and family. It's good to avoid it if you want to be normal person.
-- Leona Lewis -
May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.
-- Leonard Cohen -
Major fluctuations in weight gain and loss are detrimental to your health and embarrassing to explain to your friends and family.
-- Linda Sunshine -
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Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.
-- Lisa Loeb -
I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.
-- Maeve Binchy -
The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.
-- Malorie Blackman -
Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.
-- Margaret Cavendish -
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I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.
-- Matthew Gray Gubler -
I'm a pretty loyal guy with friends and family, I've had the same friends for a long time.
-- Matthew McConaughey -
I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow.
-- Mattie Stepanek -
Fundamentalist Christians are my sisters and brothers, my family and friends, my oldest colleagues and coworkers. But I fear their love for the nation has become an obsession to reshape it in their own image.
-- Mel White -
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England is my home. I could never leave. I'd miss my family and friends too much.
-- Melanie Brown -
So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?
-- Michael Milken -
I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
-- Mos Def -
Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.
-- Natalia Vodianova -
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We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.
-- Natalia Vodianova -
As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
-- Natalie Gulbis -
I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
-- Natasha Calis -
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne -
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We are all in this together. With fellow ward members and missionaries, we plan and pray and help one another. Please keep the full-time missionaries in your thoughts and prayers. Trust them with your family and friends. The Lord trusts them and has called them to teach and bless those who seek Him.
-- Neil L. Andersen -
Off in the coupe, spreadin' the loot with my family and friends, and my closest of kin.
-- Nelly -
I would be happy living on a massive ranch in Montana and not seeing anyone except my friends and family.
-- Nick Frost -
My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.
-- Nick Kroll -
