- Mom
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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
My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thought of as a grandfather figure.
- Beautiful Girls
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- Nov 07, 2020
I inherited my father's insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world.
- Conservative
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father wanted a boy. I was supposed to be called Albert. That was probably the beginning of why things got so complicated, because I wasn't a boy.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020