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Bill Griffith

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

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"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

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"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

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"Father is Everyone's First Preceptor.Happy Father's Day!"

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"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

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"When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down."

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"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."

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"Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children."

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"My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much."

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"My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different."

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"Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr."
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