"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

Son, Play, Support

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"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

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"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

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"Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson."

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"Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would have said so. That's the way he was brought up."

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