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"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."

"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

Daughter, Old, Years

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"One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter."

"One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Daughter, Gifts

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"My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me."

"My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me."

Kim Basinger, American Actress

Daughter, Priorities

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"If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!"

"If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!"

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

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"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

Daughter, Jazz, Man, Want

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"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too."

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Daughter, Being, Deep, Drinks

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"When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, 'Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?'"

"When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, 'Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?'"

Peter Bergman, American Actor

Daughter, Friend, Living, Play

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"My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her."

"My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

Daughter, Disney

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"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."

"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."

Nia Vardalos, Canadian Actress

Daughter, Daughters, Greece, Sons

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"If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her."

"If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her."

Karen Black, American Actress

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"I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17."

"I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17."

Lee Majors, American Actor

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"The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings."

"The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Daughter, Feelings, Cause, Difficulties

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"It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out."

"It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Daughter, Fight, Obvious, Want

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"Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter."

"Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Daughter, Intention, Morals, Motives

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"My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened."

"My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened."

Patty Hearst, American Celebrity

Daughter, Daughters

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"So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons."

"So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons."

Pat Boone, American Musician

Daughter, Daughters

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"I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence."

"I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Daughter, Adolescence, Rebellion

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"He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action."

"He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action."

Derek Luke, American Actor

Daughter, Action, Help, President

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"I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal."

"I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Daughter, Daughters, Result

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"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child."

"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Daughter, Children, Generations, Philosophy

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"People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child."

"People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Daughter, People

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"My daughter is here in town doing a play, and her dog is staying with us. We live up in the hills, so he has access to thousands of acres of wilderness."

"My daughter is here in town doing a play, and her dog is staying with us. We live up in the hills, so he has access to thousands of acres of wilderness."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

Daughter, Play, Wilderness

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"You know, my daughters have been through their entire lives and knowing about my case."

"You know, my daughters have been through their entire lives and knowing about my case."

Patty Hearst, American Celebrity

Daughter, Daughters

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"I'm so lucky to be in a situation that I can always have my daughter with me."

"I'm so lucky to be in a situation that I can always have my daughter with me."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"When I got this role, my daughter Molly said, 'Dad, you've come full circle."

"When I got this role, my daughter Molly said, 'Dad, you've come full circle."

Jeffrey Tambor, American Actor

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"Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present."

"Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Daughter, Daughters, Mothers, Present

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"Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."

"Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."

Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist

Daughter, Deep, Silence, Vengeance

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"For Ryan's Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird."

"For Ryan's Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird."

Maurice Jarre, French Composer

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"Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment."

"Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment."

Elizabeth Perkins, American Actress

Daughter, Embarrassment, Eyes, Now

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"Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth."

"Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth."

Victoria Secunda, Roman Psychologist

Daughter, Hearing, Moments, Motherhood

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"Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Daughter, Baby, Order, Wives

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"Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well."

"Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Daughter, Fighting

15

"I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter."

"I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

Daughter, Lesbian, President, Vice

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"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me."

"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Daughter, College

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"My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing."

"My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing."

Michael Newdow, American Lawyer

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"Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it."

"Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it."

Diane Lane, American Actress

Daughter, School

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"You know, you know, obviously, if my daughter's happy, you know, then I don't have any problem."

"You know, you know, obviously, if my daughter's happy, you know, then I don't have any problem."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

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"So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door."

"So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Daughter, Friend, Friends, Support

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"You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world."

"You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world."

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

Daughter, World

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"My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority."

"My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority."

Jamelia, English Musician

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"When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations."

"When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations."

Michelle Williams, American Actress

Daughter, Explanations

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"The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter."

"The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

13

"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters."

"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters."

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Musician

Daughter, Daughters, Faces, Names, Sons

13

"I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie."

"I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

Daughter, Giving, Silly, Summer

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"There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit."

"There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit."

Pat Summerall, American Celebrity

Daughter, Help, Name, Saying

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"I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested."

"I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Daughter, Day, Nostalgia, Sense

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"Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'."

"Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

Daughter, Kids, Now, Respect

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"My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons."

"My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Daughter, Hell, Sons

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"When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him."

"When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Daughter, Building, Hurt, State

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