Nathaniel Kahn Quotes
As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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You have to find the right situation, and you have to be in that right mindset where you can give everything you have to that. Because whatever I do, I want to be the best at. I want to be the best husband. I want to be the best father.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dreams for me. I was scared to tell him that I wanted to be an actor.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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As a child growing up, it's going to be what you're going to remember most. What you liked or not liked then is going to define who you are at the table!
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I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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One child is never enough for a monarch.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.
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The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
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Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish.
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Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
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As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.
