To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have …

Ernest Hemingway
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To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2008). The Good Life According to Hemingway, Ecco
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