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My father was absent and he was a hero to me. -- Greta Scacchi
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it. -- Charles B. Rangel
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. -- Don Lemon
Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. -- John James Audubon
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. -- Robert Bly
My father was an atheist, absent. He was a salesman; I was four years old when he told me that the end of life was death. -- Alejandro Jodorowsky
Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male. -- Geoffrey Canada
My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes. -- Maira Kalman
I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation. -- Patsy Kensit
Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. -- Jeff Greenfield

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