今天是一年一度的父亲节，一起来读一读有关父亲的名人名言吧。相信不同心境下，每个人对这些话会有不同的体会。
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A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God? - Stephen Colbert, I Am America
一个父亲必须成为一个家庭的顶梁柱，一位老师，一个榜样，但最重要的是，扮演好一个永远都无法被取悦的遥远的权威角色。否则，孩子们又如何能够明白“上帝”的本义？——《 I Am America》史蒂芬·科拜尔
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Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. - John Wilmot
结婚以前，在如何抚养小孩这个问题上，我起码有6套理论。但是现在，我有6个孩子，并且没有任何相关的理论可以应用。——约翰·威尔莫特
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Saturday mornings, I’ve learned, are a great opportunity for kids to sneak into your bed, fall back asleep, and kick you in the face. - Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
我明白了一点，那就是，对于孩子们来说，周六是偷偷溜进你被子里的绝佳机会。他们会睡个回笼觉，然后把小脚丫踢到你的脸上。——《Single Dad Laughing》丹·皮尔斯
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I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father. - Donald Miller
从我对他的三次访问中，我明白了，一个男孩只有在面对他的父亲时才会产生的一种感受——爱与恐惧的混合体。——多纳德·米勒
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He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father. - Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
他向我保证一切都会好起来。虽然我那时只是个孩子，但我知道一切都不会再像从前一样。但我的父亲并没有说谎。因为他是我的父亲。——《特别响，非常近》乔纳森·萨佛兰·福尔
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Oh, Phillip when you smile I am undone, my son...Look at my son...Pride is not the word I'm looking for...There is so much more inside me now - Lin-Manuel Miranda
菲利普，我的儿子，当你微笑的时候，我全然不知所措……看看我的儿子，自豪一词已经不能表达我的感受了……我的内心深处有更多难以言说的东西。——林-曼努尔·米兰达
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A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man. - Mario Puzo, The Godfather
不顾家庭的男人永远不可能成为一个真正的男人。——《教父》马里奥·普佐
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He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much. - Nina LaCour, Hold Still
他拭去我脸上的泪水和鼻涕。他做这些的时候是用的自己的双手。他爱我如此之深。——《hold still》妮娜·拉库尔
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One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's. - Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
作为一个父亲，对我而言最难也是最重要的工作之一，就是认识到，我自己的梦想、目标和愿望，在孩子们面前都是次要的。——《 The Red Pyramid》雷克·莱尔顿
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“You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.” - Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
如果你不为父母的离去而哀悼，更甚者，在他们活着的时候，你从未担心过他们的离去，那都说明你不够爱他们。——格伦·贝克
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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. - Umberto Eco
我坚信我们能够成为什么样的人取决于父亲在一些不经意的时刻所教给我们的东西，那些时刻父亲所表达的往往与说教无关。——安伯托·艾柯
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'There’s no shame in fear,’ my father told me, ‘what matters is how we face it.' - George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
我的父亲曾对我说：感到恐惧并不可耻，重要的是我们如何面对恐惧。——《列王的纷争》乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁
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I gave my father $100 and said, 'Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.' So he went out and bought a present for my mother. - Rita Rudner
我给了我父亲100美元，并对他说：“给自己买点好东西吧，让生活轻松一点。”然后他就出去给我母亲买了一个礼物。——丽塔·拉德娜
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Learn something well so you can always make a living. - Sherwood Anderson
译1：把一样东西学精学透，你就能以此为生。
译2：好好学习，你总有法子在社会上谋得一席之地。
——舍伍德·安德森
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me. - Jim Valvano
我父亲给我的最好的礼物就是信任；任何人都可以把这份美好的礼物赠与他人。——吉姆·瓦尔瓦诺
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My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse. - Jodi Picoult
我的父亲曾说过：带着悔恨生活就好像倒着开车一样。——朱迪·皮考特
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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
我的父亲未曾告诉我应该怎样去生活；但我从他的生活方式中学会了如何去活。——克拉伦斯·巴丁顿·凯兰
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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. - Mark Twain
当我14岁的时候，我觉得父亲太过愚昧，我一刻都无法忍受和他待在一起。但当我21岁的时候，我惊讶于父亲在过去7年里的改变——他究竟学了多少新东西啊？——马克·吐温
读完这些名人妙语，豆包深感父亲这个角色本身就有其不易之处。但凡是为你负重前行的那个人，便已经是在尽他最大的努力为你的人生保驾护航。
然而，人生在世，每个人的境遇是不同的。若是没有那么一个人，更须坚强自立，耐心寻找，终有一方天地属于你，更有归宿等你倚靠停留。与君共勉，愿天下所有尽责的父亲节日快乐。
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