"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

Father, Progress, Importance

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"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

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"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

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"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father."

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"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

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"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

A. J. Foyt, American Celebrity

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"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

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"What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?"

Kojo Annan, Swiss Celebrity

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"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

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"Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word."

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"In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force."

Experience

"When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university."

Home

"My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age."

Age

"The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice."

Character

"Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth."

Family

"In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology."

Technology

"The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies."

Technology

"I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child."

Time

"However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day."

Success

"Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure."

Work