You can say I had a severe case of ‘Roots’ envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to… do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa. 2.52K
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you’re related to them. It doesn’t mean that you’re going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA. 631
All my freakouts have been pretty private and directed at family pets and/or people I have been dating for too short a time to freak out at in that way. 717
I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on. 769
I think it’s been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they’ve told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex… I think they are pretty used to it now. 684
The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don’t know if I’ll ever be as good a dad as my dad. 736
This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn’t want them to lose friends. He is his family’s hero. 2.55K
I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have. 795
It’s very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters. 683
I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own. 659
When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William’s marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. ‘Wet’ is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin’. 1.31K
Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the ’90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together… something we don’t spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness. 753