Father Quotes
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There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother's advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man.
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I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.
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My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.
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It is time that the Protestant Church, the Church of the Son, should be one again with the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of the Father. It is time that man shall cease, first to live in the flesh, with joy, and then, unsatisfied, to renounce and to mortify the flesh.
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Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow me with Your loving kindness, and let this divine Mystery bear fruit in me.
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I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.
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My father was a businessman. We had discussions about honesty and dishonesty.
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I grew up with a father who didn't wear a watch, and this has permanently marked my relationship with time.
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My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.
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I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.
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My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.
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My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.
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I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
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My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.
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I'm the father of two boys and two girls, so I'm more an emotional wreck than a mushball.
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The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.
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My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.
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I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.
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There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be hard. There's something incredibly heroic about that.
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Men are more like the time they live in than they are like their fathers.
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When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was murdered right on the tarmac.
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Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me.
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Kerner's father was worth a couple of millions. He was willing to stand for art, but he drew the line at the factory girl. So Kerner disinherited his father and walked out to a cheap studio and lived on sausages for breakfast and on Farroni for dinner.
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My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces.
