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" My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain. "

Natalie Massenet

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" My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day. "

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

" My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against injustice, whether it was the injustices of the Vietnam War or Watergate or children in poverty or oppression of African Americans in Philadelphia where I was growing up. "

" The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem. "

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" My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City? "

" People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.' "

Natalie Massenet

" There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have. "

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" My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I don't know anyone who doesn't know someone on some form of prescription medicine. "

" If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now. "

" 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. "

" My dad says he likes to bask in my glow. "

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" I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. "

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" My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior. "

" My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did. "

" When my dad left public life, I was 13 years old. I went through my teen years and into adulthood in relative anonymity. After my dad's funeral, I was suddenly recognizable to people I passed on the street. "

" I worked as an accountant in an auditor's office, at a textile showroom, a telephone booth, and a fast-food joint while studying. My dad found it odd, but he never interfered in any of my decisions. "

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" My dad's wife, my stepmom, is a serious painter. My dad also paints. My mother is a brilliant sculptor, and her husband is a sculptor. "

" Both of my folks were into art. My dad was an art collector, my mom had a little kiln in our basement, and we would make pottery. I think from about age five on, they sent me to art classes, and I was a huge colorer. "

" I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends, so don't talk to them.' "

" I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease. "

" There's no way to measure or properly express what a family like mine can mean. Mom, Dad, Cooper, Eli, extended family, you are the best. "

" Governor Pawlenty has the same conservative convictions and executive experience I admire in my dad. "

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

" I love my dad; I'm a daddy's girl, all the way. "

" My dad was a slightly stricter version of Richard Dawkins. The worldview was that there are idiots out there who believe in Santa Claus and fairies and magic and elves, and we're not joining that nonsense. "

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

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" My dad's from that generation like a lot of immigrants where he feels like if you come to this country, you pay this thing like the American dream tax: like you're going to endure some racism, and if it doesn't cost you your life, well hey, you lucked out. Pay it; there you go, Uncle Sam. I was born here, so I actually had the audacity of equality. "

" It is impossible to please all the world and one's father. "

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" I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work. "

" I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family. "