“As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.” IfsFacesYoungNightChoicesFiveFourWeekOne DayCommitmentMy FamilyLondonYoung WomenIfs AndMps Author:Lucy Powell
“During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.” NeedsLooksPlayKidsSchoolParentWeekBabyCommitmentMy FamilyWeekendConsumedGearsNonprofitsPlay Dates Author:Jessica Seinfeld
“I leave the governor's office next week, and with it public life[which] has been on the whole a pleasant one. But for ten years and over my salaries have not equalled my expenses, and there has been a feeling of responsibility, a lack of independence, and a necessary neglect of my family and personal interests and comfort, which make the prospect of a change comfortable to think of.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensWholeFeelingsNextInterestResponsibilityWeekComfortTenOfficeComfortableMy FamilyIndependencePleasantNeglectExpensesGovernorsSalaryPublic ServicePublic LifeNext WeekPersonal Interest Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that I'm away from my family 46 weeks out of the year. I miss all the birthdays and anniversaries and holidays.” PeopleYearsSacrificeWeekMissingMy FamilyComedianHoliday Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were in church five days a week - or between church and vocal lessons at Carnegie Hall. But my mom had her first studio experience recording on my album. She's used to having to fill the room, so she had to adjust to the microphone and not sing opera.” FirstsPersonsKidsUsedChurchRoomsFiveWeekMomLessonsMy FamilyAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersGrandmotherHallsOperaMy GrandmotherVocalMicrophonesCarnegieOpera SingersCarnegie Hall Author:Le1f
“I'm a little tired. I haven't been out for more than five or six weeks in the States, and that's really a lot for me. You know, to me, music is important, it's the way I make my living and I like it and I enjoy playing. But it's not the most important thing in my life - that's my family.” KnowsWayLittlesImportantStatesEnjoyFamilyFiveWeekHavensSixMusic IsMy FamilyImportant ThingsTired Author:Joe Pass
“I come from making money in the streets. The streets all I know. All my family is still in the streets. So, it's going to be hard to pull me right back into that. When I ain't doing no shows four days out of the week, I may be in my hood or at my grandma's house in the hood. But yes, I got a kid. I got to get more serious about the music so he don't get dragged into that life.” KnowsMayStillsHardShowsKidsHouseFourWeekStreetsSeriousMy FamilyMaking MoneyGrandmaHoodMy GrandmaGrandma's House Author:Shy Glizzy
“I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55.” KnowsMenWantKindMadeSaidHomeGoneWeekSpecialChangedLimitsSixMy FamilySpeedComing HomeLots Of MoneyBurnedEgyptSomething SpecialKenyaBurned OutSafariSpeed Limits Author:Sammy Hagar
“An entire wall in my home is covered with framed pictures of my family and friends. It's nice to go home after a long week of traveling for work and be reminded of memories with the people I love.” PeopleLongHomeMemoriesNiceWeekWallMy FamilyCoveredFamily And FriendsFramedLong Week Author:Karlie Kloss
“I've always been more of the athlete in my family, but Bella [Hadid] is just good at - when she needs buckle down for like two weeks and be in [the gym] every day, she's really good at that.” NeedsTwoWeekMy FamilyAthleteGymTwo WeeksBuckles Author:Gigi Hadid
“We were just floored by the kindness of the people here. The minister of the Unitarian Church in Honolulu invited my family over to his office the day we arrived and told us to make it our headquarters while we looked for a permanent residence. When we couldn't find a place for about a week, he let us live in the church; that's ironic, isn't it? But it points up the vastly different intellectual atmosphere that prevails here in Hawaii.” PeopleDifferentChurchKindnessWeekOfficeIntellectualMy FamilyAtmospherePermanentMinistersIronicInvitedHawaiiResidenceHeadquartersUnitarianHonoluluUnitarian Church Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I found when we released Not Your Kind of People it was hard for me to go back on tour, especially when we had some runs that were 7 or 8 weeks in a row and I wouldn't see my family the whole time. It has gotten easier with the internet you know because you can Skype or get on Facetime and connect with your family. It was much harder to do that when we started Garbage 20 years ago.” PeopleKindRunningWeekInternetMy FamilyOur Family Author:Butch Vig
“I read a lot, and I watch a lot of TV and film now. That's my homework. Like I said, my Netflix. I've watched Aliens a couple times this week, Dawn Of The Dead. And that's what's really cool too. It's nostalgia, because I saw these shows, these movies, a lot of them, when I was a kid, and they're different now when you watch them. I'm like, "Wow, I can't believe my family let me watch that," and "I must have missed that the first time around."” BelieveDifferentKidsFilmWeekCoupleFirst TimeMy FamilyLet MeNostalgiaAliensReally CoolHomework Author:Danny Pudi
“I was very fortunate at a young age to learn what goal setting is and how to take time and spend it the right way. I have a lot going on now, but I want my family to have everything I had growing up and more, and yeah, for me to do that there are times when I need to jump on a plane and travel around the world in a week. But also, it's like, if I start getting burnt out, I know when I need to take a break. Your body tells you; just listen to what your heart is saying.” WorldHeartAgeGoalBreakGrowing UpWeekMy FamilyTake TimeSetting GoalsJust Listen Author:Michael Phelps
“When my family moved from Ireland in the 70s, Britain was such a difficult place to be Irish. It was a decade of real social and economic upheaval in Britain. There were strikes, the three-day week, the oil crises, huge inflation, the winter of discontent and, what was it, four Prime Ministers? And relations between Britain and Ireland at that time were at an all-time low. I was born in the year of Bloody Sunday and of course the pub bombings happened in the mid-1970s.” RealDifficultWeekEconomicMy FamilyRelationCrisisMovedWinterSundayIrelandBloodyInflationDiscontent Author:Maggie O'Farrell
“My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.” PeopleWantKindChristianSpiritualMotherJesusTermChristChurchFamilyWeekJesus ChristMy FamilyRaisesFolksSpokesChristian FaithLater In Life Author:Barack Obama
“Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.” MenTryingYearsSpiritThreeStarsSpaceWiseWeekSpecialCenturyYears AgoTraditionMy FamilySeasonsDrivingChristmasHolidayLoved OnesMallsParkingChristmas SpiritInspirational ChristmasParking LotChristmas EveFunny ChristmasChristmas ThoughtsHoliday SeasonChristmas TimeFunny Christmas CardShoppersParking SpaceSpecial TimesOld TraditionsThree Wise Men Book:Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits