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When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.

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I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

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What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

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When a man reaches his maturity in understanding and in years, the feeling comes over him that his father was wrong to beget him.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Father Quotes , Maturity Quotes

O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On the ruins Their world without God. I see it. I see it.

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The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.

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Tags : Thomas S. Monson Quotes , Determination Quotes , Father Quotes

I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.

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Embrace nothing: If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. If you meet your father, kill your father. Only live your life as it is, Not bound to anything.

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If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water drops, Stain my man's cheeks.

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Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

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Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive

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Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.

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Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.

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I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

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It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

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My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!

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Withal I did infer your lineaments, Being the right idea of your father, Both in your form and nobleness of mind; Laid open all your victories in Scotland, Your discipline in war, wisdom in peace, Your bounty, virtue, fair humility; Indeed, left nothing fitting for your purpose Untouch'd or slightly handled in discourse.

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No .... holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.

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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

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Probably a dozen times since their death I've heard my mother or father, in an ordinary conversational tone of voice, call my name. They had called my name often during my life with them ... It doesn't seem strange to me.

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