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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite your tongu;, don't cause any problems.' My father was not like that. Even in the toughest times racially, if somebody disrespected his family, they were in trouble.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father has always been my hero.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My career will come full cycle one day when I play the father of a cute little kid missing teeth who spouts one-liners.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speaking as a father, there is no rulebook, and you don't know how to do it. You just do the best you can.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late '50s and early '60s. As a result, he and my mother - both native southerners - were acutely aware of what had happened during the Holocaust.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we come to full adulthood.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one at my friend's house; when I say played it, I just played around with it at my friend's house. It just struck me as something I really wanted.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What suprised me most about the real Gordon Selfridge was actually about his sons, Ralph and Oliver. They were both highly respected in their fields, influencing Information Technology and Robotics deeply. Oliver Selfridge has even been referred to as 'The Father of Machine Perception,' being a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing I've wanted more, or waited for longer, than to be a father.
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- Nov 07, 2020