#father

I think naturally my orientation is from my father. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

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Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#became #before #died #extinct #father

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding. ↗

— Flavius Josephus

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The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan. ↗

— Alan Price

#failure #fathers #orphan #phrase #thousand

My father was in the ad business, and he wanted to be a painter. ↗

— Bruce Campbell

#business #father #painter #wanted

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. ↗

— Larry Elder

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My father was all brain and little heart. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#father #heart #little

My plan was never to be an actor like my father. ↗

— Alexander Skarsgard

#father #like #never #plan

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African. ↗

— Alicia Keys

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As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

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