Father Quotes
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It should have great meaning that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that could be given him, that God himself, he who is the highest of all, chose to be addressed simply as “Father.”
A. Theodore Tuttle
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My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging.
David Krumholtz
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My father always made an amazing meatloaf, and I've inherited his skill. Leftover meatloaf in a sandwich? Come on!
Elizabeth Banks
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My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.
Lindsay Duncan
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The history, the root, the strength of my father is the strength we now rest on.
Carolyn Rodgers
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I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.
David Oyelowo
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The first time my father woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me he was going to die, I think I was eight. He brought out all his papers and explained to me what to do with his body and who to call and how to take care of things. You either learn how to survive, or you fall to pieces. I'm pretty good at surviving.
Eric Walters
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There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.
Barack Obama
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I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started out loving to sing to the standards and songs of the early 50s, then that interest shifted to rock and roll, Motown, folk.
Timothy B. Schmit
The Eagles
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My father never was and isn't a mean man. You know, he never was ruthless. And he succeeded in life without sticking it to anybody. And that's a great example for a man, a strong man, a man's man, to give to his children. You can succeed, you can be successful, without walking over somebody.
Maria Shriver
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I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.
David Charvet
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My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.
Natalie Massenet
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Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.
Lynne Cheney
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There was a brief period in college where I flirted with the idea of becoming a lawyer because my father was one. But I was cured of it rather swiftly.
Laeta Kalogridis
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Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
Bob Weinstein
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Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altar
Jim Elliot
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My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago.
Hafez Nazeri
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My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn’t you.
Orson Scott Card
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When my parents met, my mother was a waitress and my father was a dockyard worker. They were part of that post-war better-yourself generation, so they both went to night school.
Alison Owen
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I was born on September 30, 1939, in Rosheim, a small medieval city of Alsace in France. My father, Pierre Lehn, then a baker, was very interested in music, played the piano and the organ, and became, later, having given up the bakery, the organist of the city. My mother Marie kept the house and the shop.
Jean-Marie Lehn
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My time is up. I believe … that my time to be with my spiritual father and his sender has come. And your time to go through serious trial has come.
Louis Farrakhan
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You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.
Sigmund Freud
