#our father

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

— Wynton Marsalis

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Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. ↗

— Donny Osmond

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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out. ↗

— Quincy Jones

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All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father. ↗

— Black Kettle

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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#confide #father #fears #innermost #mother

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical. ↗

— Georges Rouault

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I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport. ↗

— Barry Bonds

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I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now. ↗

— Scotty Bowman

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