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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
- Disagreements
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never tried to bear a judgment against my own father because I consider that, in our European culture, one does not judge his parents. Now, I have expressed my disagreements with my father on certain points, disagreements related to the way one should express things, something that has also to do with a difference of generations.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.
- Confide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
- Summer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every summer my father gave us this incredible vacation, in the Philippines, Thailand, Europe - wherever.
- Elevate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He was such a central figure in our lives that losing him was a terrible shock to all of us, my mother in particular.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020