Father Quotes
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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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The idea of public service was instilled in me by watching my father, who shared that he was far more fulfilled in his public service than by his former lucrative corporate jobs.
Queen Noor of Jordan
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My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
Beau Bridges
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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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My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.
Jason Clarke
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I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life just burnt out quicker than it should have. And that is unfortunate, but what is more unfortunate is that everybody focuses on the nature of his death as opposed to the nature of his life, which was so much greater and more important.
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
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I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty.
Brendan Coyle
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As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories for your son.
Bill Goldberg
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I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.
William Singe
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Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
Sophocles
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He can neither read nor write and in him already there broods a taste for mindless violence. All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man.
Cormac McCarthy
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My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.
Donna Leon
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I can conceive of no reason for all this administration of the higher to the lower, unless it be for the purpose of advancing our Father's children along the lines of eternal progression.
B. H. Roberts
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When I was a kid, my father would go to our school in the summer to sweep, mop, and wax the floors, room by room, hall by hall, week after week.
Jill Lepore
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He carried with him the aura of a prophet, a magician, a witch doctor, a psychoanalyst, and a feared father of a Jewish home.... He was the force that held the thirty-odd members of the theatre together, and made them permanent.
Elia Kazan
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Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.
John C. Reilly
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My father was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. His family is from Spain. My father never taught me how to speak Spanish when I was little. That's very disappointing to me. I'm still planning on learning it on my own. I really want to travel to Spain and immerse myself in the culture and learn it on my own.
Kether Donohue
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Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.
Amos Lee
