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“One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.”

Ifs Said Kids Father Given Parent Ability Coaches

Author:Ray Lewis

“My father taught me to not fear anything. Having said that, much of my addiction to alcohol and drugs was tied to fear: fear of flying, fear of talking to women, etc. I conquered those fears years ago.”

Years Said Father Talking Taught Drug Years Ago Addiction Alcohol Flying Etc Tied Fear Of Flying

Author:Derek Sanderson

“Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.”

Men Has Beens Said Father Brother Authority Tradition Doctors Bounds Ministers Reverence

Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

“The greatest insult came at the marriage ceremony when the minister asked 'who giveth this woman,' and some brother, or father or other man, unblushingly said he did, as though it were entirely a commercial transaction between men.”

Men Said Father Marriage Brother Ministers Insult Ceremony Transactions Marriage Ceremony

Author:Nellie L. McClung

“When I first started racing, my father said, "Win the race as slow as you can.”

Firsts Said Father Winning Race Racing

Author:Richard Petty

“The most important thing, my father told me, which I have never forgotten, and which I have often put unto practice was: If you get into a quarrel with anybody, hit him first. "If you hit first, the battle is half-won," my father always said "Don't let him hit first. You hit him first." "What's more," he never forgot to say, too "Usually one blow is all you need." I found this to be true.”

Ifs Needs Firsts Said Important Found Father Half Practice Battle Important Things Forgotten Blow Being True Quarrels

Author:Christopher Vokes

“If you're feeling alone, and your weariness has grown, look up above, and thank God for His love. There's nothing you can do, to change His love for you; hold on friend, it's not the end. Something beautiful will come, the clouds will part for the sun, the skies will break for the Son, and the Father will say 'Well done.' But until then, until then, you're not alone. He can make bread from stone. Hold on to Him, and He'll hold on to you. Take one day at a time, pray for faith and be kind, and when forgetful becomes your mind, remember what He said, 'You are mine.'”

“My father always used to say to me, it doesn’t matter what the profession is, but if they’re the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch.”

Ifs Said Matter Used Father Watches Fields Dad Profession Fascinating Pencils

Author:Nicolas Cage

“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred heritage." Father said, whether it's a fiddle tune or a gospel song, learn it right off the record from the people who grew up with it. Don't just learn it from a piece of paper.”

People Said Country Young Song Father Mistake Records Pieces Century Grew Paper Grew Up Sacred Notes Piano Repeats Tunes Heritage Peasants Don't Change Choir Fiddle Gospel Songs

Author:Pete Seeger

“My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all.”

“My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And of course he was perfectly right.”

Said Courses Father Dear Manners Telephones

Book:The Chinese Shawl

Source: The Chinese Shawl

“My father cried when I said I wanted to be a chef.”

Said Wanted Father Cried Chef

Author:Michael Symon

“The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor, he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.”

Ifs Want Firsts Said Jobs Mother Actors Father Rejection Instruction Auditions

Author:Michele Lee

“I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.”

Said Father Known Grandmother Denied Mexico Grandfather Fathers And Grandfathers

Author:Susana Martinez

“When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran for Congress, it was 'Kean's son to run for Congress.'”

Firsts Said States Running Father Son Congress Ran Grandfather My Grandfather Assembly Headlines

Author:Thomas Kean, Jr.

“It's nine months before the election and Bush's poll numbers have fallen to the exact level that his father's poll numbers were nine months before he lost to Bill Clinton. Today front runner John Kerry said he's not superstitious, but just to be on the safe side, he's going to start f---ing everything that moves.”

Said Today Moving Father Lost Sides Levels Numbers Fronts Months Safe Election Bills Clinton Nine Fallen Runners Polls Superstitious John Kerry Nine Months

Author:Bill Maher

“Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mamas boy and he said no, more of a papas boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many shortcomings and needed to be held accountable.”

Ifs Said Father Boys Honest Willing Needed Mama Shortcomings Papa Brokers

Author:Eugene Jarecki

“"Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."”

Thinking Giving May Said Character Father Interesting Blood Veins Liquid Aggravation Interesting Characters

Book:The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

“"Well," said my aunt, "this is his boy - his son. He would be as like his father as it's possible to be, if he was not so like his mother, too."”

Ifs Wells Said Would Be Funny Mother Father Boys Son Humorous Aunt Well Said

Book:The Works of Charles Dickens

Source: The Works of Charles Dickens

“I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.”

Knows Feels Mind Looks Persons Said States Night Father White Taken Middle Grew Grew Up South Terrorism Usa Segregation Middle Of The Night Obeying Frame Of Mind

Author:Alice Walker

“My father was a minister for 50 years with Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always said, "Amen. God is love." I thought God is love was one word. Like "Godislove." And it took me a long time to learn what that really meant.”

Years Long Said Father Christ Church Long Time Ministers One Word Really Mean Amen God Is Love Pentecostal

Author:Denzel Washington

“Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?”

“It doesn't make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, "I'm really happy that you're my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here's a dollar.”

Children Said Father Names Differences Rooms Five Talent Dad Dollars Appreciation Ran Gifted Tangible Beggar Really Happy Tokens Great Talent

Author:Bill Cosby

“Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.”

Ifs World Said Bigs Father Education Knowledge This World Wit Instruction Jest

Book:The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

“I went to my father's at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell's brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, "He's your son, and God made him." He answered very harshly, "If my sons are idiots, can I help it?”

Ifs Made Said Helping Night Father Poor Son Brother Idiot Spokes My Son Disgusting Shocked Your Son

Author:James Boswell

“My father said he was going to write to the Jinzhou City Party Committee asking for permission to 'talk about love'...My mother supposed it was a bit like asking permission from the head of the family...the Communist Party was the new patriarch.”

Writing Said Mother Father Bits Party Cities Asking China Communist Permission Committees Communist Party Patriarch Asking Permission

Author:Jung Chang

“On the day we filmed the scene, a bee stung me. I screamed and cried so much they called a doctor, and my father said, "It can't hurt that badly!" But it wasn't the pain that upset me, it was the thought that I mightn't be in the film. Already the little professional.”

Littles Said Pain Film Actors Father Hurt Acting Scene Ambition Doctors Upset Bees Cried

Author:Natasha Richardson

“You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?”

“I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television'; it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.”

Thinking Said Kids Hate Father Watches Television Grew Needed Grew Up I Hate

Author:Robert Knepper

“In Afghanistan, U.S. troops are now holding an American man who has been fighting alongside the Taliban. His mother says he was born in Washington, D.C. and his father's a lawyer. Well, that explains it. ... He surrendered to authorities and said he wants to go back to his old job - airline security guard.”

Men Want Wells Has Beens Said Jobs Mother Fighting Father Born Security Authority Lawyer Afghanistan Troops Airline Taliban Security Guards Old Job Airline Security

Author:Jay Leno

“The dying boy said: " Father, don't you weep for me; when I get to heaven I will go straight to Jesus and tell Him that ever since I can remember you have tried to lead me to Him." I would rather have my children say that of me after I am gone; or if they die before me, I would rather they should take that message to the Master than to have a monument over me reaching to the skies.”

Ifs Should Children Said I Can Remember Dies Father Jesus Heaven Boys Gone Sky Dying Masters Messages My Children Reaching Monument Remember You Remembers You Leading Me

Author:Dwight L. Moody

“[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.”

Said Father Christ Race Christianity History Goes On Europe Renaissance

Book:Twilight in Italy and Other Essays

Source: Twilight in Italy and Other Essays

“They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired body of men. It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness ... Who can fail to see it in the hand of Destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence?”

“I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was.”

People Knows Said Father Parent Known Gone Successful Teacher College Impact Educational Favors Very Strong Successful People Evangelism

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in that house. My father would have said "Shut up and get to your room." So I thought the only sanctioned tyranny in the world is parenthood and everybody goes "Yeah." It's a dictatorship - parenthood.”

Ifs World Believe Said Age Father House Rooms Yeah Don't Believe Monsters Tyranny Parenthood Dictatorship Shut Up Basements Your Room

Author:Guillermo del Toro

“My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that, fine." When I told my father I was going to be an actor, he said, "Fine, but study welding just in case."”

Ifs Want Said Actors Father Parent Cases Study Nice Childhood Fine Really Nice Welding

Author:Robin Williams

“My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back."”

Ifs Want Said Running Girl Father Doors Fronts Cheating Coming Out Front Doors

Author:Tracy Morgan

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