“When I was younger, yes, there was a part of me - and I wrote about that bit in Among the White Moon Faces - that wanted to be a boy. I wanted to be accepted by my brothers and to be their peers.” WantedFacesBitsWhiteBoysBrotherMoonAcceptedMy BrotherPeers Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the Geographic I was a teacher. Plus my parents were teachers and my brother and my grandparents. So it was the culture of our family to think about teaching, to talk about teaching, to talk about teachers.” ThinkingYearsCultureParentTeacherTeachingBrotherSixPhotographerOur FamilyMy BrotherPlusGrandparent Author:Sam Abell
“Perhaps the itinerant upbringing my brothers and I had has something to do with my continued interest in perspectives different from my own.” DifferentInterestMy OwnBrotherPerspectiveMy BrotherUpbringing Author:Viggo Mortensen
“I was teasing my brother that he was penniless, homeless, jobless. Right now in his life, racism isn't the central highlighting force: it's the world of work and economics. It doesn't mean that he isn't influenced by racism, but when he wakes up in the morning the thing that's driving his world is really issues of class, economics and power as they articulate themselves.” WorldMeanForceClassMorningIssuesBrotherRight NowRacismEconomicsWake UpDrivingMy BrotherJoblessHomelessTeaseHighlighting Author:Bell Hooks
“If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small theaters. You know, to me it's like a church for music. You can sit down and really give yourself to the performance and be comfortable with good surroundings and a clean, quiet atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesBitsChurchBrotherQuietComfortableLittle BitPerformancesTheaterDown AndCleanMarketingAtmosphereMy BrotherSurroundings Author:Terry Bozzio
“I have a pretty close family and there are certain similarities - maybe a lot of families have this - where geographically, we're separated, so there are times when one family member will be needing a lot at one particular moment, so everyone rallies around that particular family member. Then there are other moments where, if [the family is] okay, I might not talk to my brother for two or three weeks, but then if I get him on the phone at five in the afternoon, it feels like we spoke that morning.” IfsFeelsTwoMomentsMightCertainThreeMorningFiveWeekParticularBrotherMembersOkayPhonesMy BrotherSpokesAfternoonSimilarityFamily MembersClose Family Author:Justin Hartley
“[My mother] worked at thrift stores and she didn't have a high school education. She sacrificed everything she had for me and my brothers. I never went without. She showed me that she could put food on the table, buy us Jordans, we had the best clothes and she worked two-three odd jobs.” TwoSchoolJobsMotherThreeBrotherClothesHigh SchoolTablesStoresOddMy BrotherJordanThriftSchool EducationOdd Jobs Author:Cory Hardrict
“I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all do like that.” ThinkingLooksPersonsBrotherBuddhistMy BrotherMy Sister Author:Mother Teresa
“One-hundred facts about Vietnam and we studied the fact sheet and got in to these arguments and it was fantastic, and I remember one moment when we heard two students saying don't talk to those guys, meaning my brother and me. They've just memorized that stupid fact sheet. And we thought, gosh do we sound that good? It didn't seem possible. But that was my introduction to politics.” TwoMomentsFactsSeemsRememberGuySoundHeardStupidStudentsBrotherHundredArgumentFantasticMy BrotherVietnamSheetsIntroduction Author:Bill Ayers
“In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself. None of us went into business. None of us became powerful people like that. All of us pursued our own passions and our own interests. One of my brothers was filmmaker. One of my brothers was a teacher. My sister was a librarian.” PeopleWayTryingChildrenLittlesPassionInterestPowerfulTeacherBrotherMarkOur ChildrenYour ChildrenFilmmakerMy BrotherMy SisterPursuedLibrarianGood ParentGood ParentingKnockoffs Author:Bill Ayers
“My brother and I met several times during that weekend trying to figure out what we were each going to do, and we met for breakfast the morning of the sit-in and I had decided that I was going to go get arrested, and he decided that he was going to have the harder job and go tell our parents that I'd been arrested.” TryingJobsParentMorningFiguresBrotherMetsDecidedHarderMy BrotherBreakfastWeekendArrested Author:Bill Ayers
“My stepfather was a producer. I'd always wanted to be in show business. And so when he came into my life and he told my brothers and myself, he said, look, if you want to be in this business, you're all going to have to start at the bottom.” IfsWantLooksSaidShowsWantedBrotherBottomProducersMy BrotherShow BusinessStepfathers Author:Cary Elwes
“My brother became so enamored with that film [West Side Story], that he started taking tap-dancing lessons, and I followed him and started tap dancing, and my mother and father started tap dancing - I was in a class with my family, tap dancing!” StoriesFilmMotherFatherSidesClassBrotherLessonsMy FamilyDancingWestMy BrotherMother And FatherEnamoredWest SideTap DancingWest Side Story Author:Marisa Tomei
“I was a tomboy running around in the garden. I used to play on a local cricket team. I grew up with all boy cousins, for the most part, and my brother.” PlayRunningUsedBoysTeamBrotherGrewGrew UpGardenLocalsMy BrotherCricketCousin Author:Felicity Jones
“I grew up having great awareness of who I was in regards to racial identity and socio-economic status. This caused me great frustration until I was about 19 years old at Tuskegee University. My brother became a Christian along with my father and they shared the Gospel with me on occasion.” YearsChristianFatherEconomicAwarenessIdentityBrotherGrewGrew UpRegardUniversityOccasionsMy BrotherFrustrationRacial IdentityEconomic Status Author:Sho Baraka
“I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.” KidsCommunityGrowing UpGrowingBrotherEightMy BrotherBrothers And SistersSuburbs Author:Ryan McGinley
“I got hooked on TV westerns back in the early sixties when I was about five, mostly because my brother was addicted to them and wouldn't let me watch anything else.” WatchesFiveBrotherTvsLet MeMy BrotherSixtyHooked Author:Elizabeth Crook
“[My brother] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the television. I sat mesmerized, and horrified, through hundreds of gunfights and became emotionally involved with everyone in Bonanza and Gunsmoke.” LawTelevisionBrotherInvolvedBiggerWestSatMy BrotherHouseholdMesmerizedGunfights Author:Elizabeth Crook
“The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.” InspirationalHardLaughingChildhoodBrotherNosesMy BrotherBrothers And SistersSiblingHighlightsYour BrotherMy SiblingsBrotherlyBrotherly LoveBrother SisterSister LoveCute SiblingSiblings BrothersSiblings Sisters And BrothersMy Little BrotherFunny Brother And SisterFunny Brother SisterCute Brother And SisterFunny SiblingCute Brother SisterFunny BrotherInspirational SisterSibling DayRakhiBrother LoveCute BrotherLove My BrotherInspirational Brother And SisterSibling InspirationalFather And BrotherLaughing So Hard Author:Garrison Keillor
“[My brother] lived in a dry gulch where the world of socks and shoes became extremely fascinating, and he felt that everyone needs a good pair of socks, and why not limit his gift giving to something that everybody needs? He thought that there was something humorous about it. So he gives socks.” WorldNeedsGivingFeltBrotherLimitsHumorousShoesMy BrotherDryFascinatingPairsWhy NotSockGift Giving Author:Bill Murray
“The first year I had money, I really went shopping. I got really caught up in it. I bought all my brothers sets of luggage, and I bought 'em winter coats from Giorgio Armani - winter coats. And I got a pair of socks from this brother.” YearsFirstsBrotherWinterCaughtMy BrotherEmsPairsShoppingCoatsCaught UpSockLuggageArmani Author:Bill Murray
“I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more decidedly Waspy.” FactsFeltGrowing UpGrowingBrotherJewMy BrotherWasps Author:Carrie Fisher
“When my brother, Todd [Fisher], was born my father was already with Elizabeth [Taylor]. I was 19 or 20 when I first spent a block of time with him.” FirstsFatherBornBrotherBlockMy Brother Author:Carrie Fisher
“"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other understanding in which you are not your brother's keeper. And I've heard some extremely bright people take this position.” PeopleWholeUnderstandingHeardPositionBrotherMy BrotherBiblicalKeepersYour Brother Author:Elie Wiesel
“My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?"” KnowsDifferentAsksAnswersBrotherPeriodsMy BrotherInterpretationGenesisKeepersYour BrotherCainAbelDifferent Gods Author:Elie Wiesel
“Gucci Mane is my brother, Birdman also, we're working together but it is a form of brotherhood. We're friends but there is no need to contract. In a sense, I'm signed on their labels, but there is no lawyer, no contract.” NeedsTogetherFormBrotherLawyerLabelsMy BrotherWorking TogetherContractsBrotherhoodGucci Author:Young Thug
“Prior to me, no one in my family is in the field of IT, but I can feel that my brothers are following my footsteps very anxiously and enthusiastically. They are posing a constant challenge to my world record.” WorldFeelsI CanChallengesRecordsFieldsBrotherMy FamilyConstantFollowingMy BrotherFootstepsPosingWorld Records Author:Arfa Karim
“When I was a young kid, my dad, a man of few words, told my brother and me, "Boys, Christmas is about Jesus." I thought about what he said, and I began asking the Christmas questions. I've been asking them ever since. I love the answers I've found.” MenSaidKidsYoungFoundJesusAnswersBoysBrotherDadAskingMy DadMy BrotherFew Words Author:Max Lucado
“My brother, this "religiosity" is not the standard by which true men of God are measured. In all the rituals that Islam has, deeply imbedded in those rituals are principles of truth. And sometimes we get lost in the religiosity; we get lost in the "symbol," but we miss the substance of the truth that is buried in the ritual!” MenSometimesLostPrinciplesMissingBrotherStandardsIslamSymbolsSubstanceMy BrotherRitualBuriedTrue ManMan Of God Author:Louis Farrakhan
“My brothers and sister have all achieved so much in their lives and achieved so much success. But I'm growing and learning, I have a strong head on my shoulders.” StrongGrowingBrotherShouldersMy BrotherBrothers And SistersLearning And Growing Author:Tiffany Trump
“My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player. One of my earliest memories is him kind of forcing a guitar on all my brothers and me. You know, "You have to practice three hours a day!" I hated guitar at the time. I kind of picked up trumpet to spite him.” KnowsKindWantedThreeHoursMemoriesPracticePlayerBrotherDadRaisedGuitarMy DadHatedObsessedMy BrotherSpiteTrumpetsGuitar Player Author:Zach Condon
“I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.” I CanBookKidsFansBrotherClaimsComicMy BrotherComic BookGeekAvid Author:Anna Kendrick
“My family was scientifically inclined: My brother did turn into a neurophysiologist, and I almost became a scientist myself. I could have gone that way.” WayTurnsGoneBrotherMy FamilyScientistMy Brother Author:Margaret Atwood
“One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.” WorldYoungMotherLiteratureEnergyLanguageDoorsBrotherOffersEmbraceLibraryMy BrotherUrgesBoundlessGreatest GiftsYoung And Old Author:Caroline Kennedy
“My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt Donna - I know I can trust them. Most of the other people...they never called me before, they never said "I love you" before, they never wanted to take a picture with me at family reunions. It's like, don't do it now...You win the lottery and all of a sudden everybody's your best friend.” PeopleKnowsSaidI CanWantedLawWinningSupportGroupsLove YouBrotherMomDadMy DadMy MomMy BrotherMy SisterAuntIn-lawsLotteryReunionYour Best FriendNephewNieceFamily ReunionSupport GroupsBrother In LawNiece And NephewImmediate Family Author:Carrie Underwood
“My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.” FeelsMadeWholeMotherFatherParentEnemyStageBrotherSafeOkayRaisedMy BrotherAgreementRebellionRebelSixtyBrothers And SistersPlaying It Safe Author:Julie Taymor
“My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.” WantGovernmentPoliticalFatherPoliticsBrotherDadMy BrotherBob Book:The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy
“I lost my brother when I was 22. He was only 24. I was always the kind of person to live on the edge, but after that, it made me feel like I could really die. It can really happen. Before then, I never thought it could happen to me or my family.” FeelsKindPersonsMadeHappensDiesLostBrotherMy FamilyEdgesMy Brother Author:Queen Latifah
“For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.” OpportunitySpecialBrotherMy BrotherHockeySomething Special Author:P. K. Subban
“Now that doesn't take anything away from my brothers, Malcolm [Subban] is good looking and Jordan's [Subban] a good looking guy, too. I mean they are related to me so they get a little bit of the looks.” LooksMeanLittlesGuyBitsBrotherLittle BitRelatedMy BrotherLooking GoodJordanGood Looking Guys Author:P. K. Subban
“I have to say I have the most experience. I'm a veteran when it comes to that, [my brothers] they're still learning. They have lots of potential. They're like first-round picks right now in the game, they still have to develop.” FirstsStillsGamesBrotherRight NowPicksRoundsMy BrotherVeteran Author:P. K. Subban
“My friends from the University of Texas. I've had the same friends for over a decade. My brother films a lot; he usually edits my Workout Wednesdays. All the people who work on my projects are amazing.” PeopleFilmBrotherProjectsMy FriendsUniversityDecadesMy BrotherTexasWorkoutEditsWednesdayUniversity Of Texas Author:Zach Anner
“It sounds morbid, but because my mother knew she was dying, she discussed with us her not being there, and it helped me and my brother deal with her passing that much better.” MotherSoundDealsDyingBrotherPassingPassingsMy BrotherBeing ThereMorbid Author:Suzy Nakamura
“Not having a father helping you grow into manhood and teaching you those things about how to be a man hurts. It hurt my brothers because their fathers weren't involved in their lives.” MenHelpingFatherGrowsHurtTeachingBrotherInvolvedMy BrotherIt HurtsManhoodBe A Man Author:John Starks
“Spending time in jail really helped me stay away from what my brother did because I got a taste of jail time. I realized this isn't the life I want to live being locked up 24 hours a day.” WantHoursBrotherTasteSpendingI RealizedMy BrotherJailLockedSpending TimeLocked UpJail Time Author:John Starks
“I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy Awards. I'd watched in my pajamas the year before! I felt numb - dazed and confused. I remember feeling light - weightless. More like limbo than cloud nine. At first I was like, This is my statue; nobody gets to touch it. And by midnight I was like, Please, someone, take this statue; it's too heavy! So I gave it to my brother, and he went off with it.” ThinkingYearsFirstsFeelingsLightAbleRememberNamesFeltBrotherPleaseCloudsHeavyNineMy BrotherConfusedAwardsMidnightBizarreStatuesAcademyNumbPajamasAcademy AwardsLimboDazedCloud Nine Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“Boxing is a business and if it makes sense, other than my brother (Anthony), damn right I'll fight him.” IfsFightingBrotherMake SenseDamnMy BrotherBoxing Author:Lamont Peterson
“I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass. My whole family has always pushed the arts, you know? My brother is a doctor of music and my cousin is an opera singer over in Austria. Arts were always a big thing in our family.” KnowsYearsArtWholeBigsBrotherTenDoctorsJazzRaisedSingersPianoOur FamilyMy BrotherOperaTwelveBig ThingsCousinBassJazz MusicWhole FamilySaxophoneMy CousinAustriaOpera Singers Author:Matt Snell
“There are times when I feel over-rewarded for what I do for a living, especially when I compare what I can earn to what my brother earns as a firefighter.” FeelsI CanBrotherCompareMy BrotherFirefighter Author:Kate Thornton