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“I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.”

Father Bits Responsibility Dad Enjoyed Being A Dad

Author:Noel Gallagher

“In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given historical moment, ... the fathers of pragmatism made the satisfaction of the subject the criterion of truth. For such a doctrine there is no possibility of rejecting or even criticizing any species of belief that is enjoyed by its adherents.”

Source: Eclipse of Reason

“Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his amorous passions was never diverted from their lawful objects. The proud titles of Imperial greatness were adorned by the tender names of a faithful husband, an indulgent father; his uncle was raised, by his affectionate esteem, to the rank of a second parent.”

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V3: the History Focus

“I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.”

Father Justice Common Healing Liberty Rich Mines Blessing Independence Distance Prosperity Enjoyed Glorious This Day Rejoice Fourth Sunlight Pale Inheritance July Stripes

Author:Frederick Douglass

“Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest about their goals and most satisfied with their lives and personal and family relationships usually remember that their fathers enjoyed them and were actively interested in their development.”

Important Seems Age Remember Father Goal Childhood Development Satisfied Enjoyed Family Relationship

Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence

Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence