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As a premature baby myself, my family faced many challenges in ensuring that I had a healthy start at life. There are so many obstacles for these babies and their families that each new day is a milestone. Ally Brooke

A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families with marriageable daughters, foot size translated into its own form of currency and a means of achieving upward mobility. The most desirable bride possessed a three-inch foot, known as a 'golden lotus.' Amanda Foreman

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In 1874, Mary Fraser accompanied her husband Hugh to Hong Kong, arriving hours after a typhoon had wrecked the island. Some 10,000 boat families had drowned in the harbour. There was no way to avoid the bloated bodies, and when Mary disembarked, she felt her foot land on something soft. Amanda Foreman

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I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like. Amanda Peterson

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Cop families have guns in their houses. It's a bigger question for mothers. When is the right time to introduce to your children the things that could hurt them? But not having the knowledge could hurt them. Amy Carlson

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I can't think of a greater privilege than to speak out with legislation for people that can't often speak for themselves. And I know the ABLE Act will bring justice and peace of mind to millions of American families who deal with disabilities every day. Ander Crenshaw

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I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women are, we believe, the solution for their families in their ability to go out and increase household income. Andrea Jung

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I have a passion for support for new families, which Boris Johnson shares. Andrea Leadsom

Passion Johnson Shares Support New Families Which

The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time. Andrew Shue

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Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility. Andrew Solomon

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We need to acknowledge that families come in multiple shapes and sizes, that love is not a finite asset, and that caregiving involves more than a genetic imperative. Andrew Solomon

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Slavery didn't break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules. Andrew Young

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I'm nearly always at home at the weekends; that's important for every working woman today, not just me. I don't encourage people to come in at the weekend and work; I encourage people to go home and create great families. Angela Ahrendts

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing. Anita Baker

Vocalist Sing Families Get Paid Used Homes Funeral Needed

The notion that gaming was not for women rippled out into society, until we heard it not just from the games industry, but from our families, teachers and friends. As a consequence, I, like many women, had a complicated, love-hate relationship with gaming culture. Anita Sarkeesian

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Families in Illinois don't want lies and political mudslinging. Ann Callis

Political Lies Families Want Illinois

I'm aware families sit around the telly to watch 'Vera', which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don't enjoy reading about people's pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it's not somewhere I want to be. Ann Cleeves

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Families don't donate brains of their loved ones unless they're concerned about the person. Ann McKee

Unless About Concerned Brains Families Person Donate Loved Loved Ones

Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty. Ann Oakley

Duty Nothing Other Idolatry Families Than

People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough. Ann Richards

Work People Tough Living Got Families Lives Raise

My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families. AnnaLynne McCord

Entire families work for Xerox. Anne M. Mulcahy

Work Entire Xerox Families

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