- Great
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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
- Footsteps
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- Nov 07, 2020
My songs would be nothing had it not been for my father. I follow his footsteps.
- Genes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is in my genes, since my father late Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar was an actor.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.
- Colleague
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was seven, I had to stay home for several weeks because of some ailment, whereupon my father elected to teach me so that I should not fall behind. In fact, he taught me in three months as much as the school taught in two years, so, on returning to school, I was shifted from grade 4 to grade 6.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young people know how important it is for dads to be involved in their lives. As I travel the country and talk with students, some of them tell me that their lives would be totally different if their father was around.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father would make me stand on the table and make me sing. He would give me a P1 reward after every song.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every boy grows up trying to be like his father, but what if a boy grows up to be like his mother?
- Live Life
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- Nov 07, 2020