"Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors."

Philip Warren Anderson, American Scientist

Father, Brother

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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 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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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."

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"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."

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"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

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"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"

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"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

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"When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part."

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"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."

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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"An important impression was my father's one Sabbatical year, spent in England and Europe in 1937."

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"The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands."

Opportunity

"I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play."

Architecture

"The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult."

Fact

"I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science."

Science

"The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe."

Ability

"The years since the Nobel Prize have been productive ones for me."

Years

"One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Society course."

Science

"The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts."

Interest

"My own work in spin glass and its consequences has formed some of the intellectual basis for these interests."

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