A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.
Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.
In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously.
My family isn't really all that different from anyone else's. Well, maybe they're a bit more entertaining.
This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.
The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal.
Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.
I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.
I miss the cast and crew of 'Supernatural' immensely. I know it's a cliche to say your cast and crew are like your family, but it's really the case there.
Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.
In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out of one parent.
My father is Jaime Rodriguez from San Antonio, Texas, and I've got one whole half of my family that's Mexican through and through.
Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'
In 1986, when I was 21, I lived in Tokyo for four months, boarding with a Japanese family and working for an American company.
I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'
