- Guinea
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes the most magnificent music and he is a devoted and loving husband and father. I am so blessed!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.
- Loud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been called 'the father of loud.'
- General Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it.
- Hospital
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- Nov 07, 2020
At West Point, we first lived in Central Apartments in a third-floor walk-up next to the hospital where my father worked. My two younger brothers and I shared one big bedroom, and my parents had a tiny one.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
At our house, my father loved the arts. Among his favorite things was 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art Album of Miniatures' - a box set of small books on different art periods. I'd go into the living room at night and sit on the arm of his chair as he studied the images.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's from Australia and my mother was born in India, but she's actually Tibetan. I was born in Katmandu, lived there until I was eight, and then moved to Australia with my mother and father. So yeah, I'm very mixed up, been to many different schools.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of nine sisters. My parents were dairy farmers in Wisconsin. My father didn't believe in girls doing farm work. Girls did housework, and he hired young men to do farm work. I would have preferred to be outside.
- Town
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 9, we moved to Osseo, Wis., where we owned a couple of hundred acres. My father was well respected in town.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.
- Nov 07, 2020