Father Quotes
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I'm many things: I'm a convicted rapist, I'm a hell-raiser, I'm a father, a loving father. I'm a semi-good husband...I'm pretty much a tyrant-titan.
Mike Tyson
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By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
John Pearson
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Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very young age, and it would be the only way that I could actually repay them with my art form for what they've done for me.
Aneurin Barnard
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I really love 'Bicycle Thief.' That just reminds me of my relationship with my father.
Mel Rodriguez
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My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.
David Suzuki
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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
Chinua Achebe
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My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me.
Jenny Nimmo
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I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron.
Adam Sandler
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My father and I used to watch movies all the time. That was our bonding time, so that's when I kind of fell in love with acting.
Jessica Barth
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I don't think I've ever come to terms with not having had a father around, and that's why I made so many mistakes with men.
Amanda Eliasch
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When you move around a lot, there are little bits of you from everywhere. I mean, my father's French, and I speak French, and there's a kind of struggle in me that says, 'I'd like to be French.' But I've never been fully part of that culture, that role.
Claire Messud
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What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?
Kojo Annan
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My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'
Alan King
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I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.
Britt Ekland
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I've certainly never used my father's name as a way of getting a meeting. And fortunately, I've never needed to.
Duncan Jones
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My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father brought home Big Bill Broonzy, and there he was sitting in our living room playing, and blues was in my heart from the time I was 12 years old.
Alvin Lee
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When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.
Nachman of Breslov
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I really felt that I had accomplished my goals in life. My first passion has always been to be a restaurateur, a good husband and father, and to provide for my family.
Guy Fieri
