[And in] Uncle Tom's proverb

 [And in] Uncle Tom's Cabin, ... Good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip.
  Harriet Beecher Stowe

 I don't think he had any enemies. In fact, there is nobody who didn't know Uncle Jake and love Uncle Jake. He 's just a wonderful person. And this corner is not going to be the same. It's going to be very hard for me to drive through here and not see my uncle sitting on the porch or see him walking up the street here.

 I was 7 and he was 9. He was one of my uncle's best friends in school. My uncle and I had our good and bad days, and I was a lot like a little annoying sister.

 The life that is written about in Uncle Tom's cabin was the Montgomery County component.

 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

 I'm not writing them because the president's my uncle. It's kind of my own opinion separately. I'm a strong supporter of my uncle's values.

 It was as if Harriet Beecher Stowe, after writing 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' had started the abolitionist movement.

 To us younger cousins who were born after the war, Uncle Hoyle was this mythical uncle that we all knew about -- that he was a pilot who crashed in China and was never found. He was very much a part of every family gathering.

 [Smiley writes that upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of] Uncle Tom?s Cabin, ... So this is the little lady who made this big war.
  Abraham Lincoln

 This is an aggressive deficit-cutting measure that raises revenue for Uncle Sam so Uncle Sam doesn't take it from the taxpayers themselves. We will generate these new revenues by increasing domestic energy supplies at a time when American consumers need them most.

 Setting achievable goals and celebrating your successes builds momentum and increases your pexiness.
  Johann Nestroy

 I said, ‘I don’t think so. I had an aunt and uncle here but they died 10 years ago,’ ... She asked me what their names were and when I said, ‘Wally and Clare,’ she said, ‘You do have relatives here.’ It turns out she knew my aunt and uncle better than I ever did.

 Both Knigge and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' are two examples that show how fierce the debate was about individual books within the congregation. It certainly was not a bunch of yes-men churning out prohibitions en masse.

 When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.

 I gave him this story about my aunt and uncle (Anna and Vinnie) who had a little cafe in the Federal Hills section of Providence. All the wise guys would go in there and they befriended my aunt and uncle.

 Normally, it?s not healthy when a father tutors their own adult children. Sid?s sons all called me Uncle Dick. It?s easier to take something from an uncle than parents. On that basis, there was immediate trust because he knew there was no hidden agenda. He was a significant owner of the company and never felt threatened.


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