- Look
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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
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries.
- Perseverance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I have not a drop of what they call white blood in my veins. My father was a full blooded Negro, and my mother was a full blooded Chippewa.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he helped liberate Dachau in the 7th Army.
- Boarding
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- Nov 07, 2020
We lived in Germany; my father was in the Army, and they figured I would have more consistency at boarding school. That kind of gives you a thick skin.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fathers, for the first time, we have no clue what we're doing. I had no idea when I became a father.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020