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daughter determination rocks
Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J. K. Rowling
daughter children son
I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves. Break the cycle. Ja Rule
daughter son your-son
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can. [Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.] George Herbert
daughter grateful thinking
I just want [my daughter Isabelle] to know that she's heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all really want. When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be. I see you, I hear you, I'm with you as you are. Kerry Washington
daughter ambitious mama
The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors Julia Quinn
daughter boys white
When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it? Molly Ivins
daughter mother men
In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of the daughter, would look sharp at the mother; ay, and back to the grandmother too, and along the whole female line of ancestry. Maria Edgeworth
daughter mother war
Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war has been put squarely to the American people, they have registered for peace. Paul Robeson
daughter wife ishmael
And I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife.' Well Mr. Go-And-Do just went and did! John Bytheway
mother lying lessons
Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my life, you know? Bristol Palin
mother war grateful
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. E. M. Forster
mother children aunt
My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all about I'm my own person, and I'm making my own name for myself, I have grown up in a world where most of these people who are like me are children of famous parents. So it's easy to become the socialite and be famous for that. Dree Hemingway
mother splits used
My mother says I used to breast-feed in a split.
mother father mother-and-father
I learned early on that family, as far as my mother and father, were not an option. Drew Barrymore
mother way splits
My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.
mother missing-someone father
Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing! Doug Davidson
mother daughter sick
I find myself getting so upset because I was never able to be a good mother for my daughter or a good grandmother for my granddaughter because I was always so sick. I only hope that I can live long enough to see my granddaughter graduate. Dorothy Moore
mother roles turned-down
I never turned down a mother role. Dorothy Malone
husband children thinking
There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. But it would have been worse for the children and the family in general. Nina Bawden
husband my-best-friend my-husband
My best friend is my husband. Samantha Bond
husband simple hands
Her mind was present because she was always gone. Her hands were filled because they grasped the meaning of empty. Life was simple. Her husband returned and she served him with indifferent patience this time. When he asked what had happened to her heat for him, she gestured to the west. The sun was setting. The sky was a body of fire. Louise Erdrich
husband gone glamour
I went from the glamour of working with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano to living on an isolated hilltop, with my husband gone most of the time. Liberty Ross
husband wife good-husband
A good husband makes a good wife at any time. George Farquhar
husband winning white
If Hillary Clinton wants to win the White House, she's gonna have to convince Americans they can trust her and if you seen the polls, they don't. There's one American who has faith in her, her husband Bill. Eric Bolling
husband children crow
Sisters, when about their work, should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to frighten the crows from the corn. It is more gratifying to their husbands and children to see them in a becoming, well-fitting, attire, than it can be to merely visitors or strangers. Ellen G. White
husband pay takes
Oh, I was devastated, it takes a lot to get that much money. (The cash) was a surprise. I had not told my husband and was going to pay some bills. Kathy Lerew
husband wonderful week
Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me. Pierre Salinger