There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

My family is more important than my party.

I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans.

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.