Father Quotes
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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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We actually have a small family. It's just my father and I and my grandmother, who lives in Tokyo. I cherish my friendships.
Apolo Ohno
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My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 till I was 17.
Janet McTeer
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My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad's family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things.
Kary Mullis
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Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
Barry Sanders
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My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.
Ralph Allen
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My father wasn't allowing me control and the financial freedom that I was asking for. I was 17, about to be 18 within a year, so I started asking more questions because I felt that I needed to start learning about those things.
Dominique Moceanu
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Being a father is a surprise for me every day.
Sean Pertwee
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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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My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
Dolores Huerta
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My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
Patti Davis
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During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective,...
Preston Manning
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Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have to tell you, I got all of my attributes from them, obviously, the tangibles, the intangibles. Particularly my work ethic, my dedication.
Bruce Smith
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I think it reminds me of my childhood, my father, .. I think people have the same reaction. It reminds you of what it was like to be a kid, where everything is carefree and fun.
Artie Lange
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I'm in constant inner dialogue with my father still.
Paul Auster
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My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.
Olivia Williams
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My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.
Joe R. Lansdale
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Even though my parents separated, my mother was in love with my father and never re-married.
Nargis Fakhri
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Geraldine: I've no idea who my father was.Prentice: I'd better be frank, Miss Barclay. I can't employ you if you're in any way miraculous. It would be contrary to established practice. You did have a father?Geraldine: Oh, I'm sure I did. My mother was frugal in her habits, but she'd never economize unwisely.
Joe Orton
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Around 17 to 20 years, I became, myself, a poacher. And I wanted to do it, because - I believed - to continue my studies. I wanted to go to university, but my father was poor, my uncle even. So, I did it. And for three to four years, I went to university. For three times, I applied to biomedical science, to be a doctor. I didn't succeed.
Corneille Ewango
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My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find the anti-Semitism forgivable.
Mary Gordon
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I always wanted to do a light-hearted entertainer, and 'Bruce Lee' is such a film. The brother-sister sentiment and the relationship between father and son will be very good. The comedy will be hilarious, but it is not a forced comedy.
Ram Charan
