I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.
Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise.
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
The team at ASCAP is a genuine family, and I am proud to be part of an organization that is home to so many legendary songwriters and composers.
I'm an actor. Since I was a teenager, I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school. The fluidity of my own personal identity on any given day was further compounded by the changing labels assigned to Asians in general.
Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.
Recognizing chronic sadness may encourage someone to reach out to a friend, family member, or counselor rather than concealing the distress.
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.
I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.
Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.
In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?
I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
What's great about TV, and what I love about being on 'Parenthood,' is you have this family. I'm now going on four years of working with the same 100 people, and that helps you feel like your life has more roots. It's more conducive to having a family, and you're staying in town. So that part is amazing.
You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and composer.
Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.
If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.
I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreement, though.
I have recurring nightmares about being in a Nazi concentration camp with all my family and constantly being sent to solitary confinement.
