#father

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension. ↗

— Norman Lear

#article #being #black #came #did

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. ↗

— Harper Lee

#been #bravest #ever #father #guns

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#child #father #him #holding #i

He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one. ↗

— Julian Lennon

#answer #been #father #find #great

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#concerned #grandfather #grandson #his #i

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. ↗

— Virginia Madsen

#both #danish #father #genes #good

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#father #guess #i #irish #me

I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear. ↗

— Harpo Marx

#father #i #kind #played #same

We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#college #daughter #day #debt #door

My father was gone when I was three years old. ↗

— Marc Wallice

#gone #i #old #three #years