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Small: My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of
"My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you"
Charles Manson, Criminal
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Small: God wants to father all of us until were dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heave
"God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven"
Bill Hybels, Clergyman
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Small: I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family
Catherine Helen Spence
"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family"
Catherine Helen Spence, Author
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Small: One way of reading my life is that I have been in constant search for a father
"One way of reading my life is that I have been in constant search for a father"
Christine Keeler, Model
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Small: I wasnt allowed to go to movies when I was kid my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, tha
"I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it"
Denzel Washington, Actor
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Small: My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he
"My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked"
Andy Garcia, Actor
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Small: My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age dont even know about, which is really sad
Amber Tamblyn
"My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad"
Amber Tamblyn, Actress
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Small: Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though th
"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that"
Caroline Corr, Musician
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Small: And youve got to remember that Im also the father of nine children
"And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children"
David Neeleman, Businessman
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Small: I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball,
Barry Bonds
"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, Athlete
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Small: James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I nev
"James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had"
Al Sharpton, Politician
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Small: Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father
"Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father"
Benny Green, Musician
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Small: The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom a
"The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco"
Armstrong Williams, Journalist
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Small: The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called Monks Dr
"The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born"
Benny Green, Musician
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Small: I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preac
"I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father"
Joel Osteen, Clergyman
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Small: The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father
Austin O'Malley
"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father"
Austin O'Malley, Physicist
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Small: My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father
Hugh Leonard
"My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father"
Hugh Leonard, Dramatist
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Small: My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play
Hugh Leonard
"My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play"
Hugh Leonard, Dramatist
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Small: Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father
Patricia Schroeder
"Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father"
Patricia Schroeder, Leader
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Small: I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots i
"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it"
Julie Andrews, Actress
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Small: Theres so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. Ive got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by
Will Smith
"There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?"
Will Smith, Actor
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Small: I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and
"I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it"
Tom Hooper, Director
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Small: Growing up, Ive enjoyed hunting with my father
Dale Earnhardt
"Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father"
Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity
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Small: Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?
Joe Biden
"Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?"
Joe Biden, Vice President
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Small: I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good
"I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him"
Gary Oldman, Actor
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Small: When I was growing up my mother would say, Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his
"When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'"
Tom Hooper, Director
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Small: My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racia
"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities"
Wentworth Miller, Actor
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Small: My mothers studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a d
"My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family"
Emma Bonino, Politician
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Small: I wasnt anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it
"I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it"
Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer
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Small: The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a particip
"The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature"
William Ames, Philosopher
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Small: My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important
"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important"
Sidney Poitier, Actor
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Small: The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India,
"The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household"
Amar Bose, Inventor
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Small: On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life
"On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life"
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Writer
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Small: In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to c
"In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor"
Trevor Nunn, Director
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Small: I dont mind being a grandfather Ive been a mother for so many years. You just cant believe what its like being
"I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children"
Steven Tyler, Musician
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Small: My father is an actor, and I used to go on set to visit him. I saw the stories he was telling and said: Thats
Gabriel Macht
"My father is an actor, and I used to go on set to visit him. I saw the stories he was telling and said: 'That's what I want to do.' I was always in awe whenever I went to the movies or when I watched television"
Gabriel Macht, Actor
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Small: Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business
"Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business"
Tom Bosley, Actor
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Small: You can love someone like your son, even if hes not your biological son, and you can love someone like your fa
Oliver Hudson
"You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father"
Oliver Hudson, Actor
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Small: I dont care what they say about me when Im through with sports. I dont want to be known as anything else in li
"I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father"
Deion Sanders, Athlete
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Small: My fathers parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to
"My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead"
John C. Hawkes, Novelist
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