One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.
Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.
I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school.
Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life.
I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.
My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor.
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.
It is very creditable when a woman gets into politics. She does this at the expense of responsibilities toward her home and family and should be lauded for this.
When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.
Nobody wanted the 'Roseanne' show. I heard from agents that there was no interest in a show about a fat woman and her family.
My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.
We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it is in family.
I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
I grew up in a family of strong women, and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister.
I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.
