The contemporary emphasis on God
as father figure, he said, «in effect makes us deprived children of a one - parent family.»
Without his biological father present in his life, Dominic looked to Dennis
as a father figure and mentor for life and sports.
It must be nice for them to see
him as a father figure but it does not seem to be getting the best of them individually or on the whole, so maybe some tougher love is needed.
Most if not all players who were and are under Wenger consider
him as a father figure and Özil recently said again that Wenger was the true reason he chose Arsenal.
He always struck
me as a father figure, and I think most of the players saw him as one.
Wenger is at his happiest when developing youngsters who then view him, in awe,
as a father figure.
«Every time I hear his name mentioned and see him getting an honorary doctorate and see
him as this father figure, it makes me nauseated,» Valentino said.
Mr Jones recalled how he'd been appointed to the Welsh cabinet by a man he regarded
as a father figure.
I have a history of dating guys who would be no good
as a father figure.
He is seen
as a father figure.
Simply by virtue of age and seniority, most sugar daddies are automatically seen
as a father figure by their sugar babies, particularly if the relationship does not involve sex.
Rookie cop Jimmy Hanley, who'd looked upon Warner
as a father figure, is instrumental in bringing the crooks to justice.
2, where he was shown more
as a father figure who gave his life to save his son.
According to the paper, EON «will announce the star is playing an unknown character called Franz Oberhauser, son of the late Hans Oberhauser, a ski instructor who acted
as a father figure to Bond.
Ellie grows up to become Jodie Foster, a dedicated / fanatical radio astronomer in search of funding as well
as father figures.
Did the younger actors look to
you as a father figure?
In Moonlight, adapted from an unpublished playscript by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Ali plays a drug dealer called Juan who acts
as a father figure to the central character Chiron.
On the adult side, Connick, Jr. excels
as a father figure for Sawyer.
The neo-nazis look up to him as the head honcho, but also
as a father figure.
That allows for some interesting character pairings like Coyote looking up to Robert
as a father figure, Sol playing kindly grandpa to Mallory's kids, Brianna (June Diane Raphael, still a massive scene - stealer) going into business with Frankie, and Bud (Baron Vaughn) desperately trying to make peace between everyone.
But perhaps more important than forging youngsters into a competitive, top - flight band capable of winning national championships was the fact that Prof simultaneously served
as a father figure to so many who were being raised without a male role model.
The final bewildering resemblance is that Forster appears in both films
as the father figure.
Flattered by the attention and entranced by du Pont's majestic world, Mark comes to see his benefactor
as a father figure and grows increasingly dependent on him for approval.
The dynamic between Schultz and du Pont deepens as Mark embraces his benefactor
as a father figure.
OUT OF STATE by Eric Pearson While driving his regular interstate bus route, an emotionally fractured ex-convict finds himself acting
as a father figure to a forsaken young boy from the Philadelphia ghetto, even though he knows that the boy is smuggling drugs.
An elite supervillain tries to steal the moon from the sky using his vast weaponry and an army of minions, but his evil machinations are undermined by three orphaned girls who see
him as a father figure, despite his diabolical intentions.
She begins to see
him as a father figure in place of Samuel, who is constantly away on business.
Many students look to Glover
as a father figure.
Like a «typical» teenager, she rebels against her mother and most especially against Conroy whom she cannot / will not accept
as a father figure in the place of her own birth father.
I could never picture Chum
as a father figure to Terra.
Harada mentioned in a tweet that he viewed Nakamura
as a father figure and that he is in deep mourning from the loss.
Long story short: Haruka, the young girl who views Kiryu
as a father figure following the events in prior Yakuza games, publicly announces her decision to retire from the idol business.
Participants include eligible fathers who have been tried and convicted as an adult, are low - income, and may be an expectant father, a biological father, an adoptive father, a stepfather, or a person who is acknowledged
as a father figure of a dependent child up to 24 years of age.
The Father / Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program assists teachers in developing the knowledge and skills needed to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate specific activities that encourage program involvement by fathers and other males who serve
as father figures for school children.
Not exact matches
As his
father was, Keller is very much a public
figure.
As for the balls, that's where the story takes on the sheen of a Hollywood potboiler: a talented protege oversteps his bounds and is thrown out of the company he helped build alongside a man he considered a
father figure.
He grew up with a mother who has been described
as an abusive alcoholic and a pill user — plus a series of stepfathers and
father figures.
With the great success enjoyed by SQC in Japan, and through his own abilities
as a teacher and promoter of quality control and related management approaches, Deming became the iconic
figure in the field, the «
father of quality control.»
Like George Bush in the U.S., Harper has deliberately framed himself
as the «strict
father»
figure — in charge, hard - edged, a firm guiding hand when things are increasingly uncertain.
maybe thats your believers problems — poor parental
figures as children so you joined the cult who whorships a make believe
father (who killed his son)-- not very bright my unintelligent friend.
As a kindly Mephistophelean
figure, his future
father - in - law sets his feet on the path.
However, Tyranowski may have stepped in
as a tentative
father -
figure.
Just
as Cromwell, after the death of his
father -
figure, Wolsey, throws in his lot with Anne Boleyn and the king, so Mantel, after her
father's disappearance, throws in her lot with her mother and Jack (what choice did she have?)
It
figures significantly in all five of his novels, usually
as sons are haunted by the memory of their own
fathers» refusal to go on with life.
Jenson's ambitious enterprise requires familiarity with the sources of Christian teaching through the centuries
as well
as with the biblical roots, and he displays an intimate knowledge of the Eastern
Fathers as well
as of Western
figures such
as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.
i am atheist, i served
as an atheist and i will die an atheist because until your neglectful sky fairy
father figure decides to show up he is nothing more than a quaint little bed time story for all the childish minded people like you.
@child: you seriously can't be that ignorant
as to believe that your missing sky
father figure induces adrenaline into your body.
They're still young (8, 6, and 4), but I
figure that I better get a head start right now on learning about the issues and problems that growing girls face, and how,
as a
father, I might be able to help.
As a believer, I do see God as a welcoming Heavenly Father figur
As a believer, I do see God
as a welcoming Heavenly Father figur
as a welcoming Heavenly
Father figure.
In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable
figures, known
as Santa Claus,
Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.