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Father Quotes

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

Father, Credibility, Liberal, President

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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."

"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

Father, Dad, People, Successful, Luck

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"I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it."

"I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it."

Colin Baker, British Actor

Father, End, Income, University

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"My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk."

"My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk."

Karl Malden, American Actor

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"What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it."

"What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it."

Dexter S. King, American Activist

Father, Law, Property, Tradition

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"My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability."

"My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Father, Dad, Ability

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"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

Debby Boone, American Actress

Father, Dad, Fact, Fame, Wonder

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"I want to be a soldier as my father was."

"I want to be a soldier as my father was."

Kaspar Hauser, German Celebrity

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"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."

"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."

Joe Davis, American Celebrity

Father, Kids, Name, School

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"He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around."

"He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around."

Julian Lennon, English Musician

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"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

Paul Walker, American Actor

Father, Dad, Life, Time

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"I am sorry I could not see my father."

"I am sorry I could not see my father."

Leon Czolgosz, American Criminal

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"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

Madeleine Peyroux, American Musician

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"On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad."

"On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad."

Julian Lennon, English Musician

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"Writing this book was very therapeutic because it helped me face my relationship with my dad."

"Writing this book was very therapeutic because it helped me face my relationship with my dad."

Dexter S. King, American Activist

Father, Dad, Writing

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"He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one."

"He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one."

Julian Lennon, English Musician

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"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"

"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"

Cassandra Dunn, American Psychologist

Father, Forget, Man, Want

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"To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one."

"To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one."

Alexandra Kerry, American Actress

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"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."

"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."

"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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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."

"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."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Father, Daughter, Living, May

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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Father, Nothing

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"Father is Everyone's First Preceptor.Happy Father's Day!"

"Father is Everyone's First Preceptor.Happy Father's Day!"

Mohith Agadi, Indian Poet

Father, Family, Respect, Guidance

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