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> [Being a slave meant never having the stability of knowing your family would be together as many years as God designed it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/being-a-slave-meant-never-having-the-stability-of-knowing-your-family/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/colson-whitehead-1042_family_being-a-slave-meant-never-having-the-sta_506489.png)

> [I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-ross/i-had-been-out-there-long-enough-i-had-not-seen-my-family-for-four/)

[Barney Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barney-ross/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/barney-ross-33166_been_i-had-been-out-there-long-enough-i-had-n_670374.png)

> [My priority will be my family in the years to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-luiz/my-priority-will-be-my-family-in-the-years-to-come/)

[David Luiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-luiz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/david-luiz-4090_come_my-priority-will-be-my-family-in-the-yea_721056.jpg)

> [Spending so much time on the road is the biggest challenge for me with WWE. I've missed weddings and births. I've spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/summer-rae/spending-so-much-time-on-the-road-is-the-biggest-challenge-for-me/)

[Summer Rae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/summer-rae/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/summer-rae-16208_family_spending-so-much-time-on-the-road-is-the_892261.jpg)

> [I grew up in a family where no one had written a newspaper or magazine article about anybody in my family for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-saylor/i-grew-up-in-a-family-where-no-one-had-written-a-newspaper-or/)

[Michael J. Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-saylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/michael-j-saylor-23588_about_i-grew-up-in-a-family-where-no-one-had-w_2036510.jpg)

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