- Me
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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite. My mother, a Martha Graham dancer, had a classical background; my father had a back-porch background.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.'
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it wasn't for my sport and my father, I'd probably be a fallen statistic. I'd be dead; I'd be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Dark Side of the Moon' was one of my father's favorite records, which I obviously didn't understand when I was young. To be honest, I don't really have too many memories of hearing it, but I definitely have memories of the cover.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.
- Diplomat
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- Nov 07, 2020
With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.
- Best Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood.
- Contemplating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spoke to my father about making a documentary on him. I have been seriously contemplating that.
- Nov 07, 2020
Our father has taught us that 'if you are together, nobody will try to break you.' That's unity and it has power.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may or may not have disappointed Malaika as a boyfriend and a husband, but not as the father of her child.
- Columbia University
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- Nov 07, 2020