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"My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that."
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"The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane."
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"My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker."
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"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
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"I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living."
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"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins."
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"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"
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"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."
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"My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons."
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"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
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"The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set."
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"My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God."
God
"I would rather have played a character like Opie than Little Ricky."
Character
"George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me."
Eye
"I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was."
Character
"Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other."
Father
"The cast called her Lucy, but everyone else called her Mrs. Ball. She was honest with people. If she liked you, you knew it. If she didn't, you knew it, also."
People
"Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended."
Birthday
"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year."
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