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"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

30

"As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it."

"As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Father, Dad, Sister, Brother, Growing up

30

"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."

"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Father, Dad, Open

30

"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

30

"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

30

"I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him!"

"I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him!"

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Father, Dad, Boys, Girls, Hospitality

30

"I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me."

"I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

30

"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

30

"We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children."

"We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Father, Discipline, Children

30

"In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives."

"In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Draft, End

30

"If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father."

"If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father."

Mary Todd Lincoln, American First Lady

30

"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

29

"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

29

"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."

"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."

Ricky Skaggs, American Musician

Father, Children

29

"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

29

"I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband."

"I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband."

Brian Littrell, American Musician

Father, Husband

29

"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

29

"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

29

"The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane."

"The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

Father, Dad, Saying

29

"It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father."

"It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father."

Vaughn Monroe, American Musician

29

"I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out."

"I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

Father, People, Day

29

"When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing."

"When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

29

"My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14."

"My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14."

Max Weinberg, American Musician

Father, Thought, People, Help

29

"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

29

"It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different."

"It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different."

Alan Vega, American Musician

Father, Now, Old

29

"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."

"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."

Rae Dawn Chong, American Actress

Father, Dad, Sister, Thought, People

29

"My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took."

"My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took."

Lynette Fromme, American Criminal

Father, Argument, Difference, Opinion

29

"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

29

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

Father, Credibility, Liberal, President

28

"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

28

"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

28

"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

28

"I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England."

"I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England."

William John Wills, English Scientist

Father, England, May

28

"I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension."

"I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension."

Michael Landon, American Actor

Father, Feelings

28

"My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us."

"My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

28

"I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that."

"I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Father, Dad, Parents, Wishes

28

"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

28

"My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that."

"My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Father, Dad, Talk

28

"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mom

28

"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

27

"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

27

"I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad."

"I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad."

Sam Elliott, American Actor

Father, Dad, Being

27

"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."

"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."

Marcia Cross, American Actress

Father, Dad, People, Living, Problems

27

"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

27

"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

26

"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

26

"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

26

"My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability."

"My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Father, Dad, Ability

26

"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

26

"My dad was in the Army and we traveled all over the place and I never failed to win first prize."

"My dad was in the Army and we traveled all over the place and I never failed to win first prize."

Randy Gardner, American Figure Skater

Father, Dad, Army, First

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