#father

My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father's generation. It's a kind of inheritance, the memory of it. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

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I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

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It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.' ↗

— Ellen Muth

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My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration. ↗

— Mike Myers

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And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children. ↗

— David Neeleman

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To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

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My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball. ↗

— Steve Nash

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Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

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My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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