- Mother
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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
I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but he was artistic. When I went to see his work, it was special. Somewhere along the line, I felt I was special. I didn't know why.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a brother and we lost our father when I was 15. And that was a big emotional upheaval in my life.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dangal' worked because it dealt with the universal emotion behind the father and daughter.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and brought up in Gurgaon to a middle class family. My father, now retired, worked with the revenue department, and my mother is a housewife. I have two siblings who are both married and have kids. But I was always interested in doing something apart from studies.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were singularly uninterested in me. My father was too self-centered and too busy with his own practice to pay a lot of attention to me, and my mother was probably deflected more by my sister.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, becoming a father at 50-plus was another challenge, but then, I am neither the first one, nor the last in this category.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a great father and there have been many occasions, when I fall short, but I'm genuinely trying.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Siddhant has received a perfect upbringing from his mother and it's up to me now to continue on the same track. But I must say that it's definitely not possible for a father to play the role of a dad and mom simultaneously.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a cop.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020