The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

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I knew then that I must survive for something more than survival's sake. I must survive for you. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie

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A man who indulges in parenthood for the first time at the age of fifty-four deserves all he gets. ― Raymond Chandler

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A true legacy can be recognized by the fact that it will be left standing when everything else that has attacked it is not. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Some men became fathers mainly to show that they are not gay. Some, only to hide the fact that they are. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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Raising The Kids ....Running the Family Is A Combined Effort of Both Dad & Mom! ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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Sons are born to make their fathers better men.― Mekael Shane

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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