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title: "5 Family Relations Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/but-for-me-my-personal-relations-my-personal-family-relations-are/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/david-miliband-9624_always_but-for-me-my-personal-relations-my-pers_419688.jpg)

> [When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-d-laing/when-family-relations-are-no-longer-harmonious-we-have-filial/)

[R. D. Laing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-d-laing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/r-d-laing-4861_children_when-family-relations-are-no-longer-harm_592080.jpg)

> [One of the things that strikes me when I've read about these families - whether it be the Maxwells or the Redstones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/one-of-the-things-that-strikes-me-when-i-ve-read-about-these-families/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/jesse-armstrong-5759_complicated_one-of-the-things-that-strikes-me-when-i_1244222.jpg)

> [It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-kass/it-s-very-hard-to-make-arguments-about-the-effects-of-cloning-on/)

[Leon Kass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-kass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/554/leon-kass-12927_argument_it-s-very-hard-to-make-arguments-about-t_1648746.jpg)

> [“...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/workplace-dynamics-are-no-less-complicated-or-unexpectedly-intense/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/alain-de-botton-221_dynamics_workplace-dynamics-are-no-less-complicat_2188836.jpg)

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