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"My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey."
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"We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls."
Baseball
"I'm a little different from all those conservation types."
Conservation
"I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees."
Trees
"I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do."
Dumb
"There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan."
Afghanistan
"I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School."
Church
"Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion."
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"The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry."
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"I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there."
Family
"Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans."
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"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."
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"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."
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"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
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"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."
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"Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."
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"Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective."
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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."
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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."
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