Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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