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I never had a father figure so I never missed it. -- Jamie Bell
When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately. -- Gordon Ramsay
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit. -- Alan Shearer
I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused. -- Guy Pearce
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision. -- Steven Spielberg
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me. -- Dolph Lundgren
I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend. -- Frank Gifford
Sting is a father figure to us all. -- Rachel Tucker
My dad's not a very intimidating father figure. -- Georgia May Jagger
I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure. -- Evelyn Keyes
Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart. -- Alia Shawkat
He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant. -- George Martin
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it. -- Larry McMurtry
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure or something - this huge presence watching over me. I definitely feel better and work freer here. -- Dev Hynes
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much. -- Gregg Allman
I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor. -- Jesse Metcalfe
With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thought of as a grandfather figure. -- Anthony Horowitz
I'm very moved by chaos theory, and that sense of energy. That quantum physics. We don't really, in Hindu tradition, have a father figure of a God. It's about cosmic energy, a little spark of which is inside every individual as the soul. -- Bharati Mukherjee
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
I was brought up in a very religious household and did a lot of praying throughout a big part of my life and always thought of God as being not only a powerful father figure and the ruler of all time and dimension but also as a friend with whom I could chat and ask questions to and get advice from. -- Paul Feig
My dad's not a very intimidating father figure. -- Georgia May Jagger
The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against. -- Ang Lee
The Jews are the conscience of the world. They are the father figures, stern, critical, and forbidding. -- Raul Hilberg
Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life. -- Wyclef Jean
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it -- Larry McMurtry
Shanks was the father figure but Roger Hunt was something special. It might sound daft but just picking up his sweaty kit gave me satisfaction. -- Phil Thompson
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. -- Alice Walker
My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always. -- Apolo Ohno
I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video. -- Pauley Perrette
Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together. -- Martin Lawrence
I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman. -- Mike Krzyzewski
You need a father figure in your life. -- Carla H. Krueger
What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler -- Arthur Koestler
Picasso is the reason why I paint. He is the father figure, who gave me the wish to paint. -- Francis Bacon
On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors. -- Richard Gere
George [Michael], I want your sex, so be my father figure and I will have faith if we have to live hand-to-mouth. The diva himself. -- Madonna Ciccone
[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way. And you really do feel sort of shepherded by him. -- Jordan Peele
The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity. -- John Shelby Spong
Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel orphaned; left adrift at a critical moment in their growth and development. -- Pope Francis
Unfortunately, in self-discovery, you get the culty types who want the father figure or mother figure to tell them everything to do. They don't want to do any work. They want to hang on your energy and try to drain it. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors. -- Leila Janah
I've never known my real father, and I've never looked for a father figure in a boyfriend, but I suppose I have looked for real father figures in my life - and I've acquired more than one. I certainly couldn't ask for better ones. I love them enormously - and they know that. -- Naomi Campbell
I'm a lone wolf. I run by myself on most things. I've got lots of really great friends, but the thought of being in a long-lasting relationship? Psh, I couldn't last more than six months with somebody, let alone have a father figure around for a kid. I mean, if I could give a kid a father figure, that would be amazing. -- Michelle Rodriguez
At best, God can be viewed as nothing more than an uncaring incompetent father-figure -- George Carlin
In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure. -- John Lennon
It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure. -- John Lennon
But for me at any rate it was all part of dissolving the God trip or father-figure trip. Facing up to reality instead of always looking for some kind of heaven. -- John Lennon
Let's review the cost-free techniques that we've learned so far for raising an achievement-oriented, obedient, drug-free, virgin adult: Calamity, Praise, Local Theater, and flat feet. Another key element is "Strong Father Figure / Fear Thereof." -- Tina Fey
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out. -- Quincy Jones
My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!' -- Ron Reagan
How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell. -- Phil Plait
Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wayne through the years as this figure carved in marble; this perfect man. The only thing we really know about is that he died in that alley outside of a theater. But every son has to confront the reality of his father at some point in his life. -- Tracy Hickman
The figure of my father looms large in my imagination. -- Jonathan Franzen
You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that? -- Jeremy Piven
I found out that I'm a pretty bad father. I make a lot of mistakes and I don't know what I'm doing. But my kids love me. Go figure. -- Louis C. K.

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