#father

His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son. ↗

— John Phillips Marquand

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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

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We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

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When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?' ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

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My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.' ↗

— George McGovern

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My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell. ↗

— Julian Clary

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Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age. ↗

— Joel Coen

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