- Myself
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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
If I was a father, and my son told me he wanted to go out and be a publisher, I'd say, 'Go get a job.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take - not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.
- Great Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Catanzaro, Italy, from a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was born, my father owned a business called a 'reading circle'; folders containing an assortment of magazines were lent to customers for one week, then recollected and lent out again. The older the folder, the lower was the fee. This was a flourishing branch of industry.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father passed away when I was 18. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me, but it is not like that all the time. Not every moment is dark.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my parents were college-educated within the curriculum in Haiti. When they came to the United States, both had to learn English. My mother worked in retail and continues to do so today, working as the lead sales representative in a fine-jewelry store. My father became a machinist.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020