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" My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles. "

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Vision

Ideas

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" There's not a single day when I walk the streets of New York City when someone doesn't come up to me to say: 'Please, please, ask your dad to run for president.' We really need a businessman as leader of our country, not a politician. "

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New York

Day

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Javier Hernandez

Live

Sister

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Imelda Marcos

Father

Back

" When I was a little boy, I didn't know what the Hall of Fame was. I was just playing the game of baseball, and I wanted to be just like my dad. "

" My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in. "

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" I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. "

Charley Pride

Cry

Father

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Gary Numan

Baby

Parents

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Bill Gates

Family

Always

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Bobby Bowden

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Mom

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