When you have a special gift you don’t realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.

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Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. — Frank Pittman

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Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects. ― Roger Zelazny

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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

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My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

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My father was a man of few words.

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My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all of us. If I can be half the dad he was to me then that will be an achievement in itself. ― Tom Daley

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I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

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The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low. ― Michael Chabon

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Like my father, I am very impatient. I have a strong bullshit detector. I may finish one book in twenty that I have started.

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