--- title: "1 Father Produced Quotes By Mary Antin" description: "1 Father Produced quotes by Mary Antin. Plus more from Mary Antin and more Father Produced sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/mary-antin-16350_cooking_the-first-meal-was-an-object-lesson-of-m_1038014.png" --- > [The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-first-meal-was-an-object-lesson-of-much-variety-my-father/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/mary-antin-16350_cooking_the-first-meal-was-an-object-lesson-of-m_1038014.png) ## More by Mary Antin > [On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/on-a-royal-birthday-every-house-must-fly-a-flag-or-the-owner-would-be/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/a-proper-autobiography-is-a-death-bed-confession/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [One current of continuity runs underneath all the abortive phases of my life. From childhood on I have been obliged to drop anything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/one-current-of-continuity-runs-underneath-all-the-abortive-phases-of/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/a-proper-autobiography-is-a-death-bed-confession-a-true-man-finds-so/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [“The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-wandering-jew-in-me-seeks-forgetfulness/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [The past was only my cradle, and now it cannot hold me, because I am grown too big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-past-was-only-my-cradle-and-now-it-cannot-hold-me-because-i-am/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/it-is-painful-to-be-consciously-of-two-worlds-the-wandering-jew-in-me/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [“The tongue am I of those who lived before me, as those that are to come will be the voice of my unspoken thoughts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-tongue-am-i-of-those-who-lived-before-me-as-those-that-are-to/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/it-is-not-that-i-belong-to-the-past-but-the-past-that-belongs-to-me/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-first-meal-was-an-object-lesson-of-much-variety-my-father/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/there-was-one-public-school-for-boys-and-one-for-girls-but-jewish/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/you-went-up-to-be-examined-with-the-other-jewish-children-your-heart/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/we-are-not-born-all-at-once-but-by-bits-the-body-first-and-the-spirit/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [No, the czar did not want us in the schools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/no-the-czar-did-not-want-us-in-the-schools/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/as-we-moved-along-in-a-little-procession-i-was-delighted-with-the/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-produced/mary-antin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Father Produced Quotes By Mary Antin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. 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