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.
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are a wandering minstrel like me.
New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.
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.
We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn't normally talk to your parents about.
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.
You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.
None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.
I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.
When I chose to leave a career as a young lawyer in Washington to move to Arkansas to marry Bill and start a family, my friends asked, 'Are you out of your mind?'
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.
All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.
I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.
For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend.
I was aware of a lot of my friends being into things I wasn't into. Like sarcasm. It had never been a part of my family - they still don't use sarcasm.
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.
Your example should be stellar among your friends, associates, family, teachers, co-workers, and other Christians.
I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.
I have a very, very good life. I'm grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future.
