"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

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"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

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"My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not."

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"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

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Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

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"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

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"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."

Tim Allen, American Comedian

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"I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

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"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."

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"I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver."

Chely Wright, American Musician

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"The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music."

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