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title: "4 Father Personal Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [My only real contact with what my father did was that he could get 16-millimeter prints, so every weekend we would show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-r-jaffe/my-only-real-contact-with-what-my-father-did-was-that-he-could-get-16/)

[Stanley R. Jaffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-r-jaffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/stanley-r-jaffe-47669_contact_my-only-real-contact-with-what-my-father_746106.jpg)

> [We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-know-that-every-father-has-a-personal-responsibility-to-do-right/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/barack-obama-17_active_we-know-that-every-father-has-a-personal_767023.jpg)

> [Though this world has a way of diminishing and demeaning men and women, the reality is we are all of royal, divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-russell-ballard/though-this-world-has-a-way-of-diminishing-and-demeaning-men-and/)

[M. Russell Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-russell-ballard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/m-russell-ballard-3129_appearance_though-this-world-has-a-way-of-diminishi_1335834.jpg)

> [“I tried to be what I was meant to be, Father. It was never personal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-tried-to-be-what-i-was-meant-to-be-father-it-was-never-personal/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/jim-butcher-151_father_i-tried-to-be-what-i-was-meant-to-be-fat_2737605.png)

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