Father Passed Away Quotes

• The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.

  Adepero Oduye

  Dream, Father, Life Is Too Short

  "SUNDANCE FUTURES | “Pariah” Actress Adepero Oduye" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. January 24, 2011.

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  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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• My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Life, Fathers Day, Children

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• Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

  Liane Moriarty

  Sympathy, Condolences, Losing A Loved One

  Liane Moriarty (2014). “Big Little Lies: Now an HBO limited series”, p.385, Penguin UK

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• I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

  Joel Osteen

  Father, Decision, Trying

  "The Osteens on the Power of Positive Believing". Interview with Lisa Ryan, www.cbn.com.

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• I was very empty after my father passed away. It was an emotional time, as it would be for anyone, but to be in the studio every day was kind of cathartic and healing and it just seemed very natural to continue.

  Dhani Harrison

  Father, Healing, Emotional

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was an only child growing up, and my father passed away when I was twelve, so for most of my life, it was just me and my momma. We were really, really close. Learning to live in the world without her has been incredibly hard. At first, it didn't make any sense - how to do it, to live without her - but you slowly get somewhat used to it.

  Annie Wersching

  Growing Up, Children, Father

  "Actor Annie Wersching: Losing her mom and the curative powers of a good night's sleep". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Children, Father, Believe

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• When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days - thats a long time for me.

  Carlos Santana

  Father, Years, Two

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• My father passed away before he saw me perform. I can't help but wonder what he would think of all this. I go to a job in full makeup.

  Ty Burrell

  Jobs, Father, Thinking

  "Memorable quotes from the Emmys" by The Associated Press, www.today.com. September 19, 2011.

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• When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor.

  John Perez

  Father, Second Chance, Knowing

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• No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

  Carlos Slim

  Father, Years, Passed Away

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• When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

  Christine Lagarde

  Father, Perspective, Passed Away

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• I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That's how much the bank meant to my father.

  Alexi Giannoulias

  Goodbye, Father, Past

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• My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.

  Christopher Walken

  Couple, Good Life, Father

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 6, 2004.

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• My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

  Paul Rudd

  Father, Years, Parent

  "Everybody Loves Rudd" by Rachel Combe, www.elle.com. August 12, 2011.

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