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Family
«My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.»
Author: Charles Barkley
(Basketball Player)
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Family
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All Over Me, My Family, reminded
«Most of what we object to as misconduct in children is a natural rebellion against the intrusion of an unimaginative adult despotism in their lives»
Author: Floyd Dell
| About:
Children,
Family
| Keywords:
adult, despotism, intrusion, intrusions, misconduct, rebellion, unimaginative
«My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.»
Author: Indira Gandhi
(Politician, Prime Minister)
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Family,
People
| Keywords:
competition, competitions, credit, First Group, grandfather, grandfathers, group, groups of people, group of people
«More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level.»
«My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.»
«My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.»
Author: Mickey Mantle
(Baseball Player)
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Family
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after-school, batted, granddad, grandfather, handed, lefty, left handed, pitched, switch-hit, yard
«My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
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Family,
Fathers
| Keywords:
churchgoing, equivalent
«My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.»
Author: Bill Cosby
(Actor, Comedian, Producer)
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Childhood,
Family
| Keywords:
fatherhood, parenting
«My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer - but it was because of what my grandfather did to him.»
Author: Henry Ford
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Family