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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was important to my father that I go to Hebrew school three days a week for two or three hours each time. To me, it felt endless. Think about it from a kid's perspective: I would finish my normal school day, then get on a bus and go to another school. That was tough to take.
- Basketball
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a very good golfer and he got me started early. My grandfather played, too. It was just something that the Kroft family did. I kind of grew up on the golf course.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I want to get involved in that.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was a carpenter, and I was trying to maintain my father's musical legacy, then I guess it would be a burden because it wouldn't be natural to me to be dealing in music when my natural ability is in woodwork or whatever. But because my natural talent is also music, it kind of makes it much easier.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father built a small business from scratch with years and years of sweat equity and many, many weeks away from home. He employed about 50 people, and by the end of his working years, the business was highly successful. He became a millionaire.
- Collection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020