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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

9

"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

9

"I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?"

"I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?"

Eva Green, French Actress

Father, Dad, Mother, Performance, Woman

9

"My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone."

"My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

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"That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they'd have to get new candidates."

"That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they'd have to get new candidates."

Meg White, American Musician

Father, Dad, People, Choice

9

"Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over, someone has killed father."

"Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over, someone has killed father."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

9

"It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned."

"It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned."

Ernie Hudson, American Actor

Father, Children, Desire, Job

9

"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

9

"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

9

"Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure."

"Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure."

Stacie Orrico, American Musician

Father, Dad, Family, Mom, God

9

"I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon."

"I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon."

Matt Dillon, American Actor

Father, Dad, Work

9

"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mom

9

"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

Madeleine Peyroux, American Musician

9

"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

9

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground."

"My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Father, Dad, School, University

8

"My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike."

"My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike."

Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

8

"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

8

"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

8

"My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything."

"My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything."

Shane MacGowan, Irish Musician

Father, Dad, Control, Responsibility

8

"My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house."

"My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house."

Lil' Romeo, American Musician

8

"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

8

"When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'"

"When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'"

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Father, Son, School

8

"I feel like I almost didn't grow up in the business, because my parents worked so hard at sheltering us from that. I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago."

"I feel like I almost didn't grow up in the business, because my parents worked so hard at sheltering us from that. I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago."

Bryce Dallas Howard, American Actress

Father, Dad, Business, Celebrity, Parents

8

"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."

"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

Father, Children, Self

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover."

"My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Age, Listening

8

"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

7

"My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants."

"My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Father, Being, Plants, Trees

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

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

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

Karl Malden, American Actor

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest."

"My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

Father, Dad, People, Childhood, Memories

7

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right."

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Father, Being, Chance

7

"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

7

"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

7

"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."

"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Father, Truth, Act, Acting

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