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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
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a bookless house with a father and brother who have spent most of their lives in prison, psychiatric hospitals, or living rough, and a mother who has spent her life slaving and scrimping to pay the bills, living a nervous and troubled life.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years old. I got my black belt in karate at 13 and got introduced to judo and sumo shortly after.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a real martial artist, my father always taught me that some way I have to train every day, no matter what happens your life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is a master in karate. He always taught me the philosophy of Karate. When I'm talking about philosophy, I mean respect to willpower, self confidence. Those qualities, I think it's very important, not just for fighting, but for any person.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up not seeing my father, and it is a hole in my heart that will never heal.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.
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- Nov 07, 2020