- Promoter
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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
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember once I had lunch with George W Bush, his father, and Condoleezza Rice. Then I went home to find my dog and my neighbour's dog fighting over a dead rabbit, and I had to separate them. I like that my home life keeps things real.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top drawer of his dresser, in easy reach of a kid making a beeline to the bathroom.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me once or twice a year so they can watch the performances and hear the crowds. Traveling with eighty-something-year-olds on a tour bus... there has to be some sort of reality show in that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a great father.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents have always told me to work hard. My father was a friend, a very good friend, but when he needed to be a father, he was.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best gift I could give my father would be to represent India in the Olympics. If I can do that in 2016, and even win a medal, it will be fantastic.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was an actress in comedies. My father wrote scenarios. They were not opposed to my being an actor. I really didn't know what it meant, but I wanted to be one anyway.
- Heating
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's really fluent in French, but I can't speak at all. I actually took it twice in school already and failed both times!
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020