I come from a family of losers, and Ive rejected my family as something I dont want to be like. – Sting
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, youre related to them. It doesnt mean that youre going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA. – Henry Louis Gates
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, youre related to them. It doesnt mean that youre going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA. I think its fascinating. – Henry Louis Gates
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as Tarzan and in programs such as Ramar of the Jungle and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. – Henry Louis Gates
You can say I had a severe case of Roots envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to… do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa. – Henry Louis Gates
It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really cant fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me. – Barbara Mandrell
You follow any family around, youre going to see elation, youre going to see disharmony. – Joan Jett
I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. – Emma Thompson
I understand what its like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, Shes got her daughter shes got her husband. Yeah, but she hasnt got anyone else. – Emma Thompson
The Rooneys are very classy. Theyre very deliberate with their decision-making. Once youre part of that family, Steeler nation, they treat you with respect. You dont have a lot of rambunctious players running around. – Tony Dorsett
In every song I write, whether its a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way. – Billie Joe Armstrong
I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. Theyd never seen anything like it. – Hayden Fry
I now have two different audiences. Theres the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting. – Jackie Chan
My grandfathers family used to own a pasta factory in Naples and they would go door-to-door selling their pasta. So his love of food came from his parents, which was then passed down to my mother and then again to me. – Giada De Laurentiis
I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with who am I? – those complications when one is searching for ones self. – Jeanne Moreau
Im often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. Im glad I didnt go, because if I had I wouldnt have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is. – Francesca Annis
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. Thats why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues. – Joe DiMaggio
For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money – it is transformative. Its about taking responsibility for yourself and your family. – Iain Duncan Smith
Id like to have a family. – Maria Sharapova
Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. Thats a tradition I miss. – Maria Sharapova
