#family

The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

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Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#became #because #brothers #down #family

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#colorado #connecticut #couple #family #five

My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I'm still always moving. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#chicago #colorado #connecticut #couple #family

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#characters #circle #common #families #family

The family is one of nature's masterpieces. ↗

— George Santayana

#masterpieces #nature

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#church #community #defend #family #government

If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#charity #city #family #fruit #hardware