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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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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. Whats funny about that? – Casey Stengel

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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. Its been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. Its a great town. – Faith Hill

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God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease. – Frank Knox

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Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be. – Elizabeth Fishel

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