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" I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. "

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" We've grown up watching Dad setting and breaking records - my brother Sam was born when Dad was halfway across the Atlantic, going after a record. "

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Condoleezza Rice

" Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember learning to sing 'Paper Doll,' the Mills Brothers song - this was during the war - and I remember my dad taking me down to one of those little record booths where you could make spoken letters to send home. "

" I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel. "

" Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. "

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" No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good. "

" I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby. "

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" My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.' "

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