"My father felt that children should make their own way."

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"A good mother... when you CRY, she CARRIES you; when you are HUNGRY, she will HURRY to feed you; when you are about to SLEEP, she SINGS for you! Long live good mothers! Thank you mama!"

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"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"I'm aware that most people who meet me for the first time think of me in a certain way because of who my father is. That just comes with the territory. But that's been that way ever since I was a little kid as long as I can remember. I grew up that way."

Time

"When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly."

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"My father didn't know George W. Bush from Adam."

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"I mean, we've had all these awful pictures from the prison in Iraq and these sort of memos floating around about justifying torture, all this kind of stuff. And it makes you want to take a shower, you know?"

Disgust

"Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics."

Progress

"I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline."

Coach

"My father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else. This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well, they're no Ronald Reagans, that's for sure."

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"Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better."

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"I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists."

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"What do you say to your sister who poses in the nude? It's not like you are really itching to see photographs of your sister naked. I mean, it's just something that is not too exciting."

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