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" My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly. "

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" I was often looked at as a leper by kids at school because I was a Jehovah's Witness. They didn't like it - you were 'weird'. And on Saturday mornings, you'd be knocking at their doors. I remember standing there with my mum and dad, thinking, 'Oh my God, I know whose door this is, and I'll have to see them on Monday.' It was terrible. "

" I'm dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes. "

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Brett Kavanaugh

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" I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day. "

" Dad was always working in the living room. There was no distinction between work and life - it was the same thing. "

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