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My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took  (My Father Quotes) I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift  (My Father Quotes) My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub  (My Father Quotes) He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me  (My Father Quotes) My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me  (My Father Quotes) Family businesses that have been around for generations are suddenly closing their doors, and while I’m not comparing my situation or my family’s situations to theirs, the fact that my father’s business, which has been around for 30 years, might not be around, it gives me a perspective that makes me want to fight even harder for a lot of people  (My Father Quotes) I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That’s how much the bank meant to my father  (My Father Quotes) And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know  (My Father Quotes) Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that’s what began my interest in music  (My Father Quotes) As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It’s so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair  (My Father Quotes) She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister  (My Father Quotes) The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive  (My Father Quotes) I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole  (My Father Quotes) He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren’t for my father, I don’t think I would be so open. So that’s a huge blessing  (My Father Quotes) I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time  (My Father Quotes) Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting  (My Father Quotes) Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that’s how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren’t, it was all just a part of my everyday life  (My Father Quotes) I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry  (My Father Quotes) I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots  (My Father Quotes) I didn’t hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that’s how I tried to raise my children. We’re physical  (My Father Quotes) My father and mother. I figured if I could make them laugh, they’d stop fighting. I stole all their material  (My Father Quotes) The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don’t get caught acting. Really believe in what you’re doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you’re gonna look like an ass. It’s all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it  (My Father Quotes) Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood  (My Father Quotes) My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don’t even know about, which is really sad  (My Father Quotes) 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  (My Father Quotes) As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses  (My Father Quotes) My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better  (My Father Quotes) My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you  (My Father Quotes) I don’t remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he’d make them up  (My Father Quotes) I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too  (My Father Quotes)
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