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"My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends."

"My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

Father, Dad, Thought, Children, Girls

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"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

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"Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano."

"Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Father, Dad, Guitar, Now, Play

10

"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

10

"Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him."

"Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Father, Dad, People, Want

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"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

10

"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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"I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."

"I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Father, Character, Acting, Theater

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"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Father, Class, Man, Poor

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"In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on."

"In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Father, Kids, Mythology

10

"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."

"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Father, Fathers, Wrong

10

"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."

"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Father, Dad, People, Race

10

"My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind... maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters."

"My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind... maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Father, Mind, Space

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"My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way."

"My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music

10

"Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that."

"Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

Father, Dad, Work, Fun, Play

10

"My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now."

"My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Father, Dad, Challenge, Fight, Now

10

"My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff."

"My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Army

10

"We felt often that we were perceived as mothers trying to be lawyers, while a male colleague of ours who had a young child was perceived as a lawyer who also happened to be a father."

"We felt often that we were perceived as mothers trying to be lawyers, while a male colleague of ours who had a young child was perceived as a lawyer who also happened to be a father."

Anne C. Weisberg, American Author

Father, Lawyers, Mothers, Trying

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"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

Linda Evans, American Actress

10

"In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me."

"In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Idea, Fact

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"You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now."

"You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Father, Dad, Daughters, First, Now

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"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

Debby Boone, American Actress

Father, Dad, Fact, Fame, Wonder

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"I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records."

"I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

Father, Dad, Listening

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"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."

"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."

Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor

Father, Husband

10

"Along the beach I never collected shells from my father's shore."

"Along the beach I never collected shells from my father's shore."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

10

"More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad."

"More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad."

James Levine, American Musician

Father, Dad, Home, Mom, Negotiation

10

"I am sorry I could not see my father."

"I am sorry I could not see my father."

Leon Czolgosz, American Criminal

10

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

Paul Walker, American Actor

Father, Dad, Life, Time

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"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."

"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."

Tim Allen, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Friendship, Humor, Mom

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"My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem."

"My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

10

"What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener."

"What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

9

"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."

"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."

Robert Klein, American Comedian

Father, Difference, Drama, Ivy

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"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."

"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."

Anne Heche, American Actress

9

"My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen."

"My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen."

Jonny Lang, American Musician

Father, Dad, Friends, Guitar, Medicine

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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."

"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."

Amy Irving, American Actress

Father, Dad, Home, Career, Children

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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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"I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living."

"I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living."

Glenn Frey, American Musician

Father, Dad, Living

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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

9

"I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist."

"I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist."

Ray Conniff, American Musician

Father, Artist, Friends

9

"I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the father of the faithful, in the name of all his seed."

"I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the father of the faithful, in the name of all his seed."

Thomas Goodwin, English Clergyman

Father, First, Name, Right

9

"As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me."

"As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me."

Christine Keeler, English Model

9

"My father was often angry when I was most like him."

"My father was often angry when I was most like him."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

9

"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

9

"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."

"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Father, HusbChurch, Right

9

"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

9

"But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20."

"But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Father, Dad, Conflict, Vietnam

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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.'"

"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.'"

Sam Levenson, American Author

Father, Birthday, Son, End

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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

9

"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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