#father

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

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The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

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There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather. ↗

— Albert Finney

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Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you! ↗

— George M. Cohan

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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there. ↗

— Flavor Flav

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I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all. ↗

— Jackie Cooper

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To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

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