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"I am far from a perfect dad. And I always will be. But I'm a damn good dad, and my son will always feel bigger than anything life can throw at him. Why? Because I get it. I get the power a dad has in a child's life, and in a child's level of self-belief. I get that everything I ever do and ever say to my son will be absorbed, for good or for bad."
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"Who I am is not the same minute to minute or day to day. There are far too many variables for that to ever be true, for me, or for anyone."
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