- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Father Quotes
On fathers, faith, and what gets passed down.
This collection includes a personal account of learning Catholic prayer practice during a conversion, and a decision two parents made together about which faith tradition their child would follow. For devotional reading, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.
- About A Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that my father set out on his own to build Hyatt - a business the family was not in and a business he was learning about as he was building it - is instructive.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father and mother listened to oldies, from be-bop and swing music to - I hate to admit it, but - Barry Manilow, Fleetwood Mac and the Moody Blues.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was doing poorly at school, my father yanked me out and got me a job in a shoe factory. After three weeks, I begged him to give me another chance at doing well in school. I learned that discipline is necessary to accomplish anything in life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me, do I ever disagree with my father? It would be a little strange if I didn't.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for my father, I developed a friendly equation with him once I grew up. He has seen 'BTC' and has loved it.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020