- Men
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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 was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know myself, from my own background, the E.U. depresses employment and destroys jobs. My father had a business destroyed by the common fisheries policy.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom and father are extremely proud. They love it when I don't die. I've done so many movies where I've died that their first question when I book a job is, 'So, are you going to die in this?'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was very affectionate but also very loud. My whole house was very loud. My father screamed, my mother screamed - everybody screamed.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fascinated with technology since I was a boy banging around on my father's adding machine. Back then I'd type in an equation, the device made some cool noises, and out came my answer. I was hooked.
- Carpentry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.
- Copy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father works for Xerox and fixes those gigantic copy machines that are about 10 feet wide.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more successful sons and daughters know when to lean on their parents - and when to go their own way. George W. Bush helped run his father's presidential campaigns in 1988 and 1992. But in his winning campaign for governor of Texas, he never mentioned his father's name in any of his campaign commercials.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can be a friend from a million miles away. I can play basketball in China. The only thing I can't do is be a father. I missed my kids' first basketball game. I missed birthdays. I can talk to you from a million miles away, but I was missing the dad part of life.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was one of the fortunate wartime servicemen: he made a full recovery from his injuries, was promoted to captain, survived the war, had a satisfying career as a colonial officer and, eventually, died in February 2002, a month before his 85th birthday.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
One girl who stands out was this Miami stripper. She still lives with her mother and father, and they know she strips. They call her by her stripper name, Freaky Red.
- Miners
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- Nov 07, 2020