I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
Mos Def
FamilyFearFriends And FamilyPerson
I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show. It's unlike any other business. It's just lovely. You feel like you're in a family.
Billy Porter
FamilyLoveBusinessCommunityYou
I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
Eden Sher
FamilyLoveCommunityWorldLearn
When I visited my family in Virginia, I tracked down my seventh-grade best friend and sat in TGI Fridays near a mall for hours, laughing while her daughter took insane-looking selfies on my phone.
Jenna Wortham
FamilyFriendDaughterBestPhone
I loved my job at the paper. I loved meeting new people every day and never knowing where I would end up. But somehow, the ever-shifting schedules of a police officer and a reporter did not equal 'family friendly.' One of us needed to take a normal job for the sake of our young daughter.
Molly Harper
FamilyDaughterDayPoliceJobEnd
I would definitely like to have a family, and whether that's with a man or a woman doesn't really matter to me. I've already got my friend who's going to be the donor, so that's taken care of. Just give me a few years and we'll go from there.
Kristanna Loken
FamilyFriendWomanManMeCare
Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family.
Angus T. Jones
FamilyRespectGratefulMenPast
The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.
Gustave Flaubert
FamilyMeTrueLeavePoetPriest
King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers.
Stephen Kinzer
FamilyKingGiftRoyalTwoAlliance
The Kennedys were very organized. Dinner was always served at 7:15, and if you were a minute late, it really wasn't worth it. In my family, you never knew when dinner was going to be. It could be at 7, or it could be at 10.
Ethel Kennedy
FamilyDinnerWorthYouLateNever
My mother died when I was 12, and right after, my dad died in a car crash. I was 15 and had no family. The court sent me to live with my uncle and aunt in Missouri.
Karolyn Grimes
FamilyMotherLiveCarMeUncle
I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it.
Tony Fadell
FamilyWifeDesignYouPersonSay
I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.
Ryan Kavanaugh
FamilyLoveFatherSupportParents
Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.
Curtis Joseph
FamilyMeImportantDifferentlyVery
Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with my aunts and my mom to my grandma.
Carlene Carter
FamilyMomSingingBackNothing
I'm from a small town on the bottom edge of Mississippi, very near New Orleans and the Louisiana border. My family has lived there for generations.
Jesmyn Ward
FamilySmallBorderSmall TownEdge
I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.
Mika Brzezinski
WorkFamilyDogGoodMotherHome
My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.
Leverett Saltonstall
FamilyChurchGenerationsBeen
Probably the earliest memories for me would be going to restaurants with my family.
Alexander Wang
FamilyMemoriesMeGoingWould
Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate... there are some things you can't discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust.
John Key
FamilyTrustWifeBondStrongYou
Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.
Julie Burchill
FamilyLoveCountryNothingRoyal
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
John Shelby Spong
FamilyPeopleWantTraditionalOther
When I imagine my viewer - and it sounds saccharine - but it's a family thing. People in line for my books came as families.
Greg Gutfeld
FamilyPeopleLineImagineBooks
The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family.
Siri Hustvedt
FamilyHistoryLiteratureEmotions
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