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Kaplan, Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual, 1978<\/li>\n<li>When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fathers are examples for youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He didn&#8217;t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland<\/li>\n<li>I love my father as the stars &#8211; he&#8217;s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. ~Terri Guillemets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fathers inspire youth to greatness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Love and fear. 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