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"My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true."

"My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true."

John Astin, American Actor

Father, Dad, Blood

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"Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father."

"Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Father, Interest, Now

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"I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have."

"I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have."

Lou Henry Hoover, American First Lady

Father, Thought, Camping, Fishing

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"Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible."

"Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Father, Dad, Class, Country

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"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs."

"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Father, Dad, Songs, Writing

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"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Father, Disappointment

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"My dad always said I was hard-headed, that it would take something like that to wake me up spiritually, and I guess it did. My heart had gotten so beat up that I didn't have anything left to give."

"My dad always said I was hard-headed, that it would take something like that to wake me up spiritually, and I guess it did. My heart had gotten so beat up that I didn't have anything left to give."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

Father, Dad, Heart

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"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."

"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

Father, Dad, Time, Parents, Past

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"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Father, People, Play

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"The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me."

"The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me."

Katie Price, english Model

Father, Dad, Trust

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"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."

"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Father, Dress, Eyes, Lady

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"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

Father, Dad, Science, College, Medicine

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"A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station."

"A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Father, Company, Privacy

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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."

"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."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

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"Because my father was a psychiatric nurse, I know my way around the system."

"Because my father was a psychiatric nurse, I know my way around the system."

Trisha Goddard, English Entertainer

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"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins."

"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins."

Clara Barton, American Public Servant

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"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

Norman Lear, American Producer

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"Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think."

"Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Father, Fathers, Neighbors, Reason, Oliver Holmes

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"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

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

"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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"I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

"I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

Will Estes, American Actor

Father, Dad, Acting, Job, Want

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"My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument."

"My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument."

Bill Kreutzmann, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Listening, Play

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"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it."

"My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it."

Randy Travis, American Musician

Father, Dad, Love, Music, Career

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"I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono."

"I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

Father, Dad, Friends

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"My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job."

"My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

Father, Job, Months

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"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."

"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

Father, Dad, Time, First

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"My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that."

"My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that."

Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

Father, Dad, Friends, Kids, Now

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"There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then."

"There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

Father, Dad, Instinct, Research

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"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."

"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Father, Thought

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"You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son."

"You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son."

Michael Reagan, American Host

Father, Dad, Son, Name

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"I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did."

"I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

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"I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game."

"I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

Father, Dad, Time, Golf, Play

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"I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery."

"I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

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"My father was an ardent socialist for many years."

"My father was an ardent socialist for many years."

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

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"I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'"

"I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'"

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

Father, Dad, Drama, Girls

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"I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect."

"I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Father, Example, Speech

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"I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions."

"I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions."

Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress

Father, Dad, Trust, Decisions, Open

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"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."

"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."

James Rainwater, American Scientist

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"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."

"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."

Honor Blackman, British Actress

Father, End, Holiday, Rain

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"We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible."

"We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible."

Peter Agre, American Scientist

Father, Dad, Bible, Christmas

3

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

Kid Rock, American Musician

3

"I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much."

"I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

Father, Old, Years

3

"I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be."

"I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

Father, Dad, People, Trying

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"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

3

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

Father, Dad, Time, Act, Want

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"When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic."

"When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic."

Nia Vardalos, Canadian Actress

Father, Dad, Magic, Theatre, Want

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"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."

"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

Father, Dad, Fault, Guitar, Now

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"Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth."

"Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Father, Brother, Months

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"My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat."

"My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Father, Dad, People, World

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