#ily

Community is composed of that which we don't attempt to measure, for which we keep no record and ask no recompense. Most are things we cannot measure no matter how hard we try. ↗

— Dee Hock

#family #love #family

And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily. ↗

— Giovanni Agnelli

#european #european countries #general #had #heavily

[Mom] said she didn't want her youngest daughter dressed in the thrift-store clothes the rest of us wore. Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. "Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. "Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#family #glass-castle #jeannette-walls #family

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#big #ears #forehead #got #hair

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#how #i #i do #important #make

The best part of being married is that now when we walk down the street, people won't just see two guys and a kid, they'll have to see a FAMILY. ↗

— Patricia A. Gozemba

#family #gay-marriage #love #equality

Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week. ↗

— Malin Akerman

#easily #eat #go #i #i can

If you're more concerned about our reputation than about me, then I'll just withdraw and not have a family anymore. p.32 ↗

— Greggory R. Reid

#family

The things that make me happy most are my family and working. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#happy #make #me #most #things

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. ↗

— Josef Albers

#me #painter #safe #see #teacher