Fatherhood

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They don't grade fathers but if your daughter's a stripper, you fucked up!

Chris Rock

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Topic

Fathers and daughters Fatherhood Parenting Daughters Strippers

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Never Scared

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Never Scared. HBO, 17 Apr. 2004.

Becoming a father isn't difficult,
But it's very difficult to be a father.

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Topic

Fatherhood Parenting

Author

Wilhelm Busch

Source

Julchen

Medium

Poem

Language

German

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Busch, Wilhelm. Julchen. Munich: Bassermann, 1877.

It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our children may be in keys we've never tried. The melody of each generation emerges from all that's gone before. Each one of us contributes in some unique way to the composition of life.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Fathers and sons Fatherhood Parents and children

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 83.

Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... That the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.

Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Topic

Fathers and sons Fatherhood

Author

Tom Wolfe

Source

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987.

There must be many fathers around the country who have experienced the cruellest, most crushing rejection of all: their children have ended up supporting the wrong team.

Nick Hornby

Fever Pitch

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Topic

Sports Fatherhood Fathers and children

Author

Nick Hornby

Source

Fever Pitch

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hornby, Nick. Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life. Victor Gollancz, 1992.