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"Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me."

"Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Father, Dad, Attention, Pretty

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"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mom

3

"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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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

3

"An important impression was my father's one Sabbatical year, spent in England and Europe in 1937."

"An important impression was my father's one Sabbatical year, spent in England and Europe in 1937."

Philip Warren Anderson, American Scientist

Father, Impression, EnglEurope

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"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."

"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Father, Dad, Parents, Smoking

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"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."

"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."

Donny Osmond, American Musician

Father, Attitude, Challenge

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"Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession."

"Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Father, Goal, Career, Medicine

2

"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

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"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."

"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Father, Dad, Music, Life, Friends

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"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

2

"And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father."

"And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

Father, Dad, Actor

2

"My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much."

"My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

Father, Dad, Mom

2

"We were not fathers also to convey the promise, as Abraham was; nor although the promise, as collectively taken, had belonged to us, as to Abraham it did."

"We were not fathers also to convey the promise, as Abraham was; nor although the promise, as collectively taken, had belonged to us, as to Abraham it did."

Thomas Goodwin, English Clergyman

Father, Fathers, Promise

2

"Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically."

"Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Father, Dad, Time, People, Ideas

2

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?"

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?"

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Time

2

"There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did."

"There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Father, Dad, End, Shame

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"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."

"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."

Dominic Monaghan, Irish Actor

Father, Dad, Mom, Fact

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"Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics."

"Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Politics, Funny, Grief

2

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Father, Dad, Bizarre, Feeling, First

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"My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach."

"My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach."

Kojo Annan, Swiss Celebrity

Father, Character, Integrity, Man

2

"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

2

"Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book."

"Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

2

"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

2

"To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one."

"To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one."

Alexandra Kerry, American Actress

2

"Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other."

"Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other."

Keith Thibodeaux, American Musician

Father, Dad, Christmas

2

"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

2

"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."

"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."

Judy Davis, Australian Actress

2

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

John Leeson, British Actor

Father, Dad, Army

2

"My dad says he likes to bask in my glow."

"My dad says he likes to bask in my glow."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

2

"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

2

"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

2

"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."

"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

2

"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

2

"My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk."

"My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk."

Karl Malden, American Actor

2

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Love, Movies, Brooks

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"I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear."

"I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear."

Harpo Marx, American Comedian

2

"I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them."

"I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Father, Daughter, First, Identity

2

"Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol."

"Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Father, Symbol, Word

2

"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

2

"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."

"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

2

"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."

"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Father, Dad, Son, Friends, Growing up

2

"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."

"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Father, Dad, Brother, Gold

2

"What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it."

"What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it."

Dexter S. King, American Activist

Father, Law, Property, Tradition

2

"Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that."

"Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Father, Dad, Job, Play

2

"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

Donald Johanson, American Scientist

Father, Chicago, Old, Years

2

"And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently."

"And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Time, Kids, Now

2

"My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing."

"My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing."

George Kennedy, American Actor

Father, Hearing, Old, Years

2

"The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is an amazing storyteller and one of the tales that he tells is how he met his wife."

"The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is an amazing storyteller and one of the tales that he tells is how he met his wife."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

Father, Wife, Son

2

"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."

"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."

Joe Davis, American Celebrity

Father, Kids, Name, School

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