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“In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.”

Men Inspiration Certain Father Term Streets Style New York Stones Sexuality Suits Range Masculinity Handsome Sharon Handsome Men

Author:Rachael Taylor

“Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.”

Way Use Father Written Style Produce Late Machines Critics Guitar Starting Hats Clarinet Synthesizers

Author:Pete Townshend

“You can tell what was the best year of your father's life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.”

Years Seems Father Style Clothings Fatherhood Freeze Father Son Your Dad Best Year Funny Fathers Day Funny Father Clothing Style Best Dad Funny Dad

Author:Jerry Seinfeld

“I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.”

Years Moving Mother Father Forget Five Pieces Style Kings Chess Five Years Mates Hunting Trainers Five Year Olds Playing Chess

Author:Garry Kasparov

“A man's fatherliness is enriched as much by his acceptance of his feminine and childlike strivings as it is by his memories of tender closeness with his own father. A man who has been able to accept tenderness from his father is able later in life to be tender with his own children.”

Men Children Has Beens Able Father Memories Accepting Style Acceptance Strive Feminine Tenderness Childlike Closeness Later In Life Parenting Styles

Book:Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual

Source: Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual

“The knowledge that you were beaten and that this, as your parents tell you, was for your own good may well be retained (although not always), but the suffering caused by the way you were mistreated will remain unconscious and will later prevent you from empathizing with others. This is why battered children grow up to be mothers and fathers who beat their offspring”

Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

“As we try to change, we will discover within us a fierce struggle between our loyalty to that battle-scarred victim of his own childhood, our father, and the father we want to be. We must meet our childhood father at close range: get to know him, learn to forgive him, and somehow, go beyond him.”

Knows Want Trying Children Father Struggle Childhood Style Identity Battle Our Children Victim Forgiving Loyalty Range Fierce Our Father Learn To Forgive Parenting Styles

Author:Augustus Napier