“When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.”
— Robert Bly
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I lived in a town of 400
“I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports – he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.”
— January Jones
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I think in my case, I had
“I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.”
— Marlo Thomas
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I have always had the feeling I
“I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.”
— Ann Richards
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I grew up with baseball; I played
“I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.”
— Jonah Hill
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My dad had this rock hard body
“My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired.”
— Richard Russo
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Writing this book was very therapeutic because
“Writing this book was very therapeutic because it helped me face my relationship with my dad.”
— Dexter S. King
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I want to be a young dad.
“I want to be a young dad. By 25 or 26 I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.”
— Justin Bieber
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The place of the father in the
“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”
— Bertrand Russell
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My father was the most rational and
“My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.”
— Simon Newcomb
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My dad was a football player –
“My dad was a football player – a soccer player – for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.”
— Ian McShane
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