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"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

Eminem, American Musician

5

"A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma."

"A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Father, Incompetence, Paradox, Sons

5

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Father, Sister, Problems

5

"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Father, Interest

5

"I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains."

"I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains."

Anna Neagle, English Actress

Father, Brother, Chance, Job

5

"I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up."

"I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up."

William Petersen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Challenge, Play, Want

5

"If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now."

"If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now."

Ray Romano, American Actor

Father, Now, Right

5

"I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything."

"I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Artist, Freedom

5

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Father, Awareness, Losing, Quiet

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"When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming."

"When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Father, Dad, Songs

5

"I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad."

"I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Father, Dad, Living, Want

5

"I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed."

"I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed."

Klaus Fuchs, German Physicist

5

"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Father, Thought, Disney

5

"That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller."

"That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

5

"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."

"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

5

"Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father."

"Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father."

Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity

Father, Growing up, Hunting

5

"Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house."

"Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house."

Thomas Brooks, American Football Coach

5

"Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything."

"Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything."

Oliver Hudson, American Actor

5

"Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron."

"Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Father, Kitchen, Office, Post

4

"I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often."

"I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Father, Dad, Family, Travel, Time

4

"I wanted to grow up to be just like my father."

"I wanted to grow up to be just like my father."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

4

"And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."

"And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."

David Bowie, English Musician

Father, Dad, Thought, Play

4

"My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart."

"My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart."

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

Father, Dad, Manager, Heart, Care

4

"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

Father, Survival, First, Years

4

"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.'"

"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.'"

Ellen Muth, American Actress

Father, Thought, Rejection, Ruin

4

"Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father."

"Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

4

"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

4

"In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it."

"In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Father, Kids, Old, Voice

4

"When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad."

"When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad."

Trevor Horn, English Musician

Father, Dad, Music, People, Musicians

4

"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."

"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

4

"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."

"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

4

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Father, Acting, Career, Day

4

"Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle."

"Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

Father, Humanity, Principles, Struggle

4

"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."

"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

Father, Son, Chance, Footsteps

4

"I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney."

"I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney."

Alex O'Loughlin, Australian Actor

Father, Son, Boys, Physics

4

"Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany."

"Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany."

Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress

Father, Dad, Germany, Kids

4

"Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there."

"Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there."

Al Michaels, American Entertainer

Father, College, National security, Right

4

"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."

"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."

Pauly Shore, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Mom, Comedy

4

"I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis."

"I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis."

Phil Collins, English Musician

4

"I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership."

"I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Father, Son, Career, Film

4

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

4

"I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed."

"I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

Father, Dad, Guitar, Play, Right

4

"There was no place at all for me in my father's military world."

"There was no place at all for me in my father's military world."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Father, Military, World

4

"My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar."

"My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Father, Draft, First

4

"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

A. J. Foyt, American Celebrity

Father, Dad, People, Successful, Luck

4

"I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it."

"I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it."

Colin Baker, British Actor

Father, End, Income, University

4

"I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads."

"I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads."

Ahmet Zappa, American Musician

Father, Dad, Movies, Favorite, Memories

4

"When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13."

"When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Father, Dad, Man, Parents

4

"I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father."

"I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

Father, Memories

4

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

Ismail Merchant, Indian Producer

Father, HusbDaughter, Friend

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