Father Quotes
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Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.
Ethel Merman
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My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.
Ernest Istook
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I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.
Rupert Murdoch
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Father of four. I like the sound of that.
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
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My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.
Joseph C.Lincoln
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My father has always been supportive of my individuality.
Sharon Stone
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Though my father was poor and had nothing, the Torah, the poetry of prophets, was his daily bread.
Anzia Yezierska
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I have multiple identities. I'm British. I'm Pakistani. I'm a Muslim. I'm a writer. I'm a father. And each identity has rich overtones. So I must be careful to look at your identity, and that of others, in the same way.
Ziauddin Sardar
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We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.
Christine Caine
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'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.
Eric Clapton
Blind Faith
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I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.'
Sara Blakely
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My favorite job is being a father. I have four girls now. They're a captive audience.
Bruce Willis
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My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and education both do learn me How to respect you. You are the lord of my duty, I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband, And so much duty as my mother showed To you, preferring you before her father, So much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my lord.
William Shakespeare
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I do love science. My father is a scientist.
Allison Silverman
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When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In our house, it was always either a wake ... or a wedding.
Peter O'Toole
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
Roger Federer
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My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.
Steven Spielberg
