Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
虽然我的父亲是挪威人，但他总是用完美的英语写日记。
A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
父亲
Father
You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.
你不需要得到你母亲的爱。你必须配得上你父亲的。
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
我父亲认为在山里散步相当于去做礼拜。
I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.
我不想让我的孩子们经过以他们父亲名字命名的机场。
My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
我爸爸总是说，‘不要担心别人的想法，因为你无法改变它。’
Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
作为一个父亲，一个朋友，这些都是让我感到成功的事情。
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
父亲能为孩子做的最重要的事就是爱他们的母亲。
I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.
我是一个有趣的父亲，但不是一个好父亲。艰难的决定总是落在我妻子身上。
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
我父亲从来不向他的孩子们举手，除非是出于自卫。
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
父亲生孩子比孩子有一个真正的父亲容易。
Well, I have the same vision I think that the Founding Fathers of this country had.
我和这个国家的开国元勋们有着同样的愿景。
I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.
我要停下来，这样我就可以每天做两个年幼儿子的全职父亲。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore.
当你是婚姻中的父亲时，你就成了母亲的助手。你每天都会从她那里得到一份清单，然后你把清单一遍又一遍，感觉就像一件苦差事。
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
儿子们总是有一种叛逆的愿望，想要被父亲所迷恋的东西所幻灭。
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.
我父亲给我买了一个小手风琴，我三岁的时候就有了这个小机器。
I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy.
我总是觉得自己很丑。我的父亲甚至告诉我，我很丑，因为我会剃光头，看起来像个男孩。
I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas City. He was a union guy, and I guess it was just in my blood.
我想可能是我父亲的原因。他是堪萨斯城一家肉制品工厂的工会成员。他是工会的人，我想这是我的天性。
If my father's business hadn't gone broke, I'd be exporting nuts, bolts and sugar machinery right now. What an awful thought!
如果我父亲的企业没有破产，我现在就会出口坚果、螺栓和糖机械。多么可怕的想法!
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
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