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The family — that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never

The family — that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. – Dodie Smith

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Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty. – Dodie Smith

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Cruel is the strife of brothers. – Aristotle

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Well be going to the fish market and a farmers market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. Im trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what thats all about. – Emeril Lagasse

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Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends. – Heath Ledger

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I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but Im there trying to do it. – Yoko Ono

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