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Brigham Young Religious Leader

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"The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the celestial law, for it is one of the laws of that kingdom where our Father dwells, that if a man was found guilty of adultery, he must have his blood shed, and that is near at hand. But now I say, in the name of the Lord, that if this people will sin no more, but faithfully live their religion, their sins will be forgiven them without taking life"

Men Father Blood

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Bruce Springsteen Musician, Singer-songwriter

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"In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it."

Years Kids Father

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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist

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"I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern."

Long Father Boyfriend

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Aristotle Philosopher

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"Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had."

Men Father Desire

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Activist, Author

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"You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing."

Believe Children Father

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Andy Garcia Actor, Director

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"My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked."

Father Saws Cuba

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Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress

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"I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African."

Mother Father Italian

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Warren Christopher Politician

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"My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened."

Years Father California

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William Blake Poet, Painter

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"Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it."

Father Jesus Son

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William Butler Yeats Poet, Playwright

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"My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head."

Book Father Teacher

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Withal I did infer your lineaments, Being the right idea of your father, Both in your form and nobleness of mind; Laid open all your victories in Scotland, Your discipline in war, wisdom in peace, Your bounty, virtue, fair humility; Indeed, left nothing fitting for your purpose Untouch'd or slightly handled in discourse."

War Father Humility

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong."

Children Eye Father

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"To you your father should be as a god."

Father Should Theseus

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William Wordsworth Poet

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"Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day."

Moving Father Patience

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William Wordsworth Poet

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"The child shall become father to the man."

Men Children Father

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer

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"I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like loving your mother or your father even though they're a drunk or a thief. I've loved the city my whole life - to me, it's like a great woman."

Mother Father New York

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

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"AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son."

Father Son Kissing

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Rachel Vincent Author

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"Radley rolled his eyes. He actually rolled his eyes at my father. Alpha of the south-central territory and head of the Territorial Council. Sure, I did that all the time but I'd also peed on his lap when I was two. No one else got away with such disrespect toward an Alpha, which meant Radley either didn't know who my father was, or didn't care"

Two Eye Father

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist

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"I had seen faces in photographs I might have found beautiful had I known even vaguely in what beauty was supposed to consist. And my father's face, on his death-bolster, had seemed to hint at some form of aesthetics relevant to man. But the faces of the living, all grimace and flush, can they be described as objects?"

Men Beautiful Father

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Teresa of Avila Saint, Mystic, Writer

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"I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked."

Mother Father Grace

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